Provides ways for teachers to make ninth-grade general mathematics courses more pleasant and productive. (MD)

Summarizes arguments of advocates and opponents of homework. Stresses that timing of assignments, nature of and reasons for giving assignments, clarity and completeness of assignment explanations, and treatment of completed assignments must be considered for homework to be an effective, joy-giving tool. Offers nine ideas for making homework more…

The link that homework provides between school and community can become more productive if teachers and administrators ensure that the school homework is clear, meaningful, varied, and regularly assigned. (Author/TE)

The author discusses how cooperative partnerships between school and parents promote student achievement and have the potential to help resolve the crisis in educational productivity. (MD)

Discusses the advantages of using student-made transparencies of homework exercises as the working model for correction and discussion in the classroom. (EKN)

Describes the process of self-regulation, which Piaget hypothesizes governs all intellectual growth, and suggests a way in which homework problems in a chemistry course can be used to provide students with an opportunity for self-regulation. (MLH)

This book explores what constitutes good and meaningful math homework, what the purposes of math homework are, and how teachers and school administrators create a culture in which math homework assignments are more inventive and meaningful. Many examples of math homework assignments in this book show how homework can reinforce skills, prepare…

Factors in high school students motivation for school and homework were studied, and other factors that may correlate with achievement motivation were explored. The project was designed in a framework of self-determination. A total of 372 high school students aged 13 to 20 years from 2 high schools completed the survey. Students also reported…

This quasi-experimental study investigated the effects of teachers' use of interactive and non-interactive science homework assignments on family involvement in student homework, homework completion and accuracy, student science achievement, and student and parent attitudes about science homework. Two hundred and fifty-three students from ten…

This study examined the effectiveness of secondary school tutoring services in the Chicago Public Schools, Illinois. During school year 2001-2002, researchers surveyed 4,211 students from four Latino plurality high schools. Survey questions addressed tutoring services. Five student focus groups were held at one school. Results indicated that many…

This paper includes a general description of the plan for investigating student work loads and gives details of the 2 studies conducted at Monash University concerning work loads in 1972. (Editor)

Homework assignment procedures most often used in mathematics classes are analyzed, research results in this area are cited, and corrective measures are proposed. (DT)

Discusses implementation and advantages of take-home experiments, including three respective examples in acoustics, magnetism, and optics. The activities can be categorized into demonstration experiments, see-what-you-can-find-out'' experiments, and experiments requiring preparatory class discussion or written directions. (CC)

Assesses the effects on second language learning of written feedback that either suppressed student errors or made them salient. Planned comparisons showed achievement was consistently superior under salient error conditions and with constructively critical feedback. Relevance of the findings for instructional theory and second language teaching…