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)

A discussion of the use of mathematics problems containing erroneous statements and the use of mutual consultation by students on the solution of mathematics problems. Critical questioning ability of students is enhanced through the utilization of both these procedures, according to the author. (JG)

This study investigates the effects on achievement of allowing students to ask questions before homework is collected v allowing questions only after homework has been graded and returned. Results indicate allowing questions before homework is collected is the superior method. (MK)

Describes a study showing that students in an engineering class in which assigned homework problems were graded did not perform better than students whose homework was not graded. (MLH)

The question of homework is addressed with emphasis on the fact that few new English instruction textbooks call for homework. This article discusses "groaning and moaning" about homework, mass-preparation and mass-correction, and creative homework. (three references) (LB)

Concerned about discrepancies in amount and kind of homework assigned, a Tennessee school district developed some guidelines governing number of homework nights, assignment length, and grading practices. Because it is virtually impossible to require every teacher to carry out identical homework practices, school policies should remain general and…

Describes the electronic homework system that provides individual students with a disk of programs that they can use to generate personalized problem sets. Discusses the advantages of this approach and the nature of computerized problems. (JRH)