This article reports on the changing perceptions of the educational experiences of students as they move through the school system in one secondary school in south-west England. As part of a longitudinal study students were asked to express their thoughts and feelings about life in year 8, often considered a year in which little progress is made…

This article describes a take-home literacy project in which kindergartners took home books, a stuffed animal, a camera, and a shared writing activity to complete with their families. The children later shared their writing and experiences in school. The resulting written responses and photographs depicted a level of involvement with the families…

Calibrated Peer Review™ (CPR), a web-based instructional tool developed as part of the National Science Foundation reform initiatives in undergraduate science education, allows instructors to incorporate multiple writing assignments in large courses without overwhelming the instructor. This study reports successful implementation of CPR in a…

Beneath the banalities of buzzwords lies a syntax of philosophical traditions that have pedagogical impact on how we willingly or unwittingly conduct ourselves as educators. This paper presents an analytic review of two contrasting educational philosophies and their corresponding learning outcomes. Questions will be raised concerning the schism…

This ERIC Digest discusses various types of homework assignments and examines research findings about the effectiveness and amount of homework assigned to American schoolchildren. It also examines some of the policies presently being discussed by school districts. Three types of homework are briefly delineated: practice assignments, preparation…

Suggestions are made for improving students' performance in doing homework. (JD)

The implementation and operation of an after-school program for latchkey children in Jackson, Tennessee, is described. (MT)

Most research shows no correlation between homework and student achievement and finds homework for primary grades inappropriate and counterproductive. After summarizing major purposes and types of homework and associated problems, the article provides seven recommendations for developing a workable school policy. (MLH)

Ideas for organizing homework and ensuring parental involvement are discussed. Making students responsible for their own behavior is emphasized. (MT)

Math can be the sort of homework parents respect, children enjoy, and teachers savor. Suggestions for achieving this are offered. (MT)

Investigated compliance as a function of counselor, client, and therapy variables. Results indicated that variables associated with the conduct of counseling more strongly influenced compliance with homework than did either counselor or client variables. (Author/BL)

The article describes services for mildly handicapped/mainstreamed students of the Extraordinary HOMEwork Line (a homework hotline), face-to-face tutoring, and family tutoring workshops. (CL)

In an introductory statistics course for social science freshmen, homework assignments were written on the blackboard by students at the beginning of each tutorial session and discussed by the class. This group obtained higher grades than a comparison group whose homework was collected and marked by the instructor. (MM)

The results of this study, based on sixth grade students, indicated that as far as academic achievement is concerned, regularly assigned homework is of no advantage to highly anxious elementary school students. (Author/EK)