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Koban, D.; Fukuzawa, M.; Slocum, R.; Fletcher, M.; Pleuss, J. – PRIMUS, 2020
We present an analysis on the differential effects of incentivizing homework in an introductory mathematics course at the United States Military Academy. We found that including homework as part of a student's overall course average (incentive) led to a significantly higher performance (achievement) on homework assignments. However, doing homework…
Descriptors: Homework, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement, Introductory Courses
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Tas, Yasemin; Sungur-Vural, Semra; Öztekin, Ceren – Research in Education, 2014
This study investigates Turkish middle school science teachers' homework practices, the value teachers attach to homework and teachers' communication with parents about homework. One hundred and sixty-eight teachers completed surveys. Teachers reported to assign homework frequently: 93.4 per cent of the teachers reported that they assign homework…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Educational Practices, Middle School Teachers, Homework
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Greene, Ronald L. – Physics Teacher, 2006
Recent years have seen widespread adoption of automatic grading of physics homework problems. Although first-generation homework management systems provide feedback and assign scores based only on the answers, problem-solving performance on exams seems to be no worse for students using these systems than for those who receive detailed comments…
Descriptors: Grading, Physics, Homework, Feedback (Response)