Homework assignments can be frustrating to elementary students and cause disruption of the family routine. Careful planning by the teacher and good communication with the home is needed to prevent this. (SJL)

Presents math games for parents to use at home with their children to reinforce math skills taught in the classroom. Areas covered include: sorting and counting; number recognition; shapes; basic skills; measuring; and problem solving. (JMB)

Reviews research to answer under what conditions, if any, does homework make a difference in student achievement. Provides a brief history of the homework debate. Reviews 84 homework experiments conduced between 1904 and 1984. Concludes that most studies found homework beneficial. (JDH)

Discusses the dismal results of the 1986 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) appraisal of American high school students' knowledge about history and literature. Explores connections between cultural literacy and students' family background, homework, and television viewing habits. Recommends more and better history and literature…

Recently, each department at Green Mountain Union High School (Chester, Vermont) was asked to update its curriculum and research current theories on the use of homework through national organizations. Teachers in each department then prepared current practice statements and developed policy statements concerning homework's value. (MLH)

Outlines guidelines to follow in assigning therapeutic homework to students, focusing on student preparation, including behavior change, choosing and devising assignments, and checking on homework. With modification, counseling homework can be used with all students who are beyond second or third grade. (BL)

Describes an emotional control card useful in enhancing the application of rational-emotive imagery in counseling. (Author/BL)

Repudiates Herbert Walberg's recent review article touting homework's beneficial effects on achievement scores. Presents evidence showing that good learning environments, interactive situations, and less restricted access to community and school resources (including new technologies) were of greater significance. Faults schools' organizational…

This article synthesizes empirical studies of homework and various homework strategies on the academic achievement and attitudes of students. Findings are discussed. (Author/DF)

A program is described that successfully involves parents in their child's education at a middle school in Louisiana. (MD)

A letter from a parent about a homework assignment involving much repetition (and time) is used as the vehicle to discuss the problem. (MNS)

The responsibility for learning belongs to the child. In most cases a child will accept this responsibility. (Author)

Two educators tell how and why after-school assignments can be rewarding and fun for kids. (Editor)

Home assignments can provide opportunities to use human and physical resources not available at school, to individualize instruction, and to involve students in community activities. (Author)