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Lamminmaki, Tuija; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This study compared two treatments with 94 Chilean children having learning difficulties. The first treatment consisted of multiple training components targeting specific cognitive and behavioral factors; the second treatment provided emotional support and supervision of school tasks. Findings indicated both groups improved on most of the outcome…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries
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Kokoski, Teresa M.; Patton, Mary Martin – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1997
Describes classroom-developed science and mathematics backpacks, self-contained educational packets developed around a theme or concept and designed to be completed at home. Presents generalized contents, a sample backpack on colors, and the backpack's advantages, including promotion of active learning, family involvement, curriculum integration,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement, Homework
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Coleman, Laurence J. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2002
Learning about the experience of living in a state-funded, public residential high school for academically talented children was the purpose of an ethnographic inquiry. Studying and homework dominated the students' lives throughout the year. Four characteristic patterns of adjustment to doing homework are presented as cases of studying in action.…
Descriptors: Assignments, Coping, Gifted, Homework
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Williams, Wendy M.; Blythe, Tina; White, Noel; Lin, Jin; Gardner, Howard; Sternberg, Robert J. – Developmental Review, 2002
Examined impact of intervention emphasizing metacognitive awareness to develop practical intelligence for school in middle school subjects. Found that program enhances practical and academic skills in reading, writing, homework, and test-taking in students from diverse SES backgrounds attending diverse types of schools. Evaluated results in terms…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Homework, Metacognition
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Baker, Mary Beth; And Others – Mathematics Teacher, 1989
Offers three practical tips for teaching of topics in the secondary school curriculum: (1) methods for identifying problem areas; (2) a device for teaching slopes; and (3) methods for teaching the property of collinearity in geometry. (YP)
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Geometry, Homework, Mathematical Concepts
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Chen, Chuansheng; Stevenson, Harold W. – Child Development, 1989
Cultural differences in the amount of time spent on homework and in beliefs and attitudes about homework were investigated through interviews with elementary school students, their mothers, and their teachers in China, Japan, and the United States. (PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
Brovero, Marian – Teaching PreK-8, 1995
Describes year-long "Container-of-the-Month" project, around which a number of second-grade class lessons and activities revolved. These included art, communicating through displays, oral and written reports, and family-oriented homework. (ET)
Descriptors: Art, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
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Antonek, Janis L.; And Others – Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers, 1995
Describes the use of interactive homework, which requires parent and student participation, to strengthen the connection between parents and their children's school. Discusses the use of interactive homework in a kindergarten through fifth-grade program for Japanese as a foreign language at the Falk Laboratory School at the University of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, FLES, Homework, Japanese
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Salend, Spencer J.; Gajria, Meenakshi – Remedial and Special Education, 1995
This article offers guidelines for increasing the homework completion rates of students with mild disabilities: (1) vary the amount and type of homework assignments; (2) provide motivating acts so that students complete their homework; (3) use peer-mediated strategies; and (4) involve parents in the homework process. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Intervention
Earle, Rodney S. – Educational Technology, 1992
Examines the values and purposes of homework and reviews pertinent literature on the topic. Instructional design theory is described and used as a theoretical base to suggest that homework can be a valid component of the learning process to stimulate recall, provide feedback, assess performance, and enhance retention and transfer. (36 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback, Homework
Epstein, Joyce – Instructor, 1994
Involving parents is a good way to promote student success. By sharing an interactive homework assignment, teachers can help parents understand what their children are learning about averages and how they can reinforce the learning at home. Two reproducibles provide models for teachers to create math take-homes. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Family Involvement, Homework
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Cooper, Harris; Nye, Barbara – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
A review of the literature on effects of homework for students with and without disabilities offers a homework process model, and suggests that homework policies and practices for students with learning disabilities should emphasize: simple, short assignments; careful monitoring by and prominent rewards from teachers; and parental involvement to…
Descriptors: Assignments, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Learning Disabilities
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Perry, Raymond P.; Penner, Kurt S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
Attributional retraining--a therapeutic method of reinstating psychological control--of 198 Canadian college students through a videotaped lecture enabled external locus of control students to learn more and make better use of homework study materials but offered no advantage to internal locus students. Results are interpreted in a social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Attribution Theory, College Students
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Levine, Deborah R. – Mathematics Teacher, 1991
Presented are two classroom techniques to help beginning teachers. The first is a student-sensitive approach to the first day of class using a questionnaire to assess students attitudes toward mathematics and student interests. The second is a suggestion on how to effectively review student homework. (MDH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitude Measures, Classroom Techniques, Homework
Fisher, Bruce; And Others – Learning, 1991
This integrated unit focuses on healthy hearts and how to use exercise and nutrition to be "heart smart" for life. The unit includes activities on heart function, exercise, workouts, family activities, nutrition, cholesterol, and food labels. The activities help develop research techniques, thinking skills, and cooperative learning…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Child Health, Class Activities, Eating Habits
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