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Scharf, Amy; Stack, Carol – 1995
An ethnographic study used a multidimensional social perspective on learning and literacy to look at the educational experiences and perspectives of urban young people through an examination of student homework. Subjects, upwards of 40 young people, were drawn from four sites: a sixth-grade classroom at Woodside Elementary School (located in a…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Research, Ethnography, Family Environment
Hubbard, Reginald S. – 1994
This study sought to determine if self-directed learning (SDL) experiences produced higher levels of academic achievement than traditional, teacher-directed learning experiences. Out of a group of 720 first-year students at the United Arab Emirates University, instructors identified 86 SDL students who completed all homework assignments, did extra…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Anderson, Tim; Lott, Rod; Wieczorek, Linda – 1998
This action research project implemented and evaluated a program for increasing time spent on homework. The project was intended to improve academic achievement among five employed high school students taking geometry and physical science who were also employed more than 15 hours per week. The problem of lower academic achievement due to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Employees, High School Students, High Schools
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Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
This Spanish-language poster provides a checklist of ways that parents can help their children with school work and thus support their academic success. The items are divided into three parts as follows: (1) providing support for your children, including a quiet, well-lighted study area in the home, needed supplies such as paper and writing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Check Lists, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Lustberg, Mikey – 1998
This booklet contains suggestions about the essential roles parents play in their children's learning and ideas about learning from New Jersey educators that enhance the parental role. The connection between parent involvement and children's success in school is a resource that needs to be expanded in many, or most, New Jersey schools. After a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
Kim, J.-B.; Cohen, A. S.; Booske, J. H.; Derry, S. J. – 1998
This study compared cooperative learning with individual learning in an introductory college electrical engineering course, using attitudinal and cognitive measures. Cooperative learning activities were implemented in homework assignments in one section of the course, while individual homework assignments were used in two other sections. A total…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Instruction, College Students, Cooperative Learning
Summers, Tracy; Blendinger, Jack – 1993
The West Point/Mississippi State University Enrichment Project was an intensive 5-week summer intervention for 117 at-risk students. Parents of these students were invited to participate in the parent component, and at the end of the program they were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the program. Whether involving parents had a positive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment, High Risk Students
Newark Unified School Dist., CA. – 1983
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: The kindergarten staff at H. A. Snow School has devised a series of homework idea sheets, to accompany the readiness program that is taught weekly in the kindergarten classrooms. Beginning in early October, we introduce an alphabet letter each Monday. During the week, all subject areas are focused…
Descriptors: Homework, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Learning Activities
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. Project Outreach. – 1983
Described in this synopsis are the results of a public opinion survey concerning Michigan citizens' attitudes toward findings of the final report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education. The survey was conducted during weekday evening hours between June 23 and 30, l983. A majority of respondents strongly favored most of the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Schiefer, Bruno – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1974
Describes an experiment carried out with 360 pupils with different social backgrounds from 11 classes in 4 Realschulen. The investigation was concerned with the possibility of introducing cassette recorders and record-players into the home assignments. On the whole, the results were assessed as positive. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiodisc Recordings, Audiolingual Methods, Audiotape Recordings
Doyle, Mary Anne E.; Barber, Betsy S. – 1990
Three types of homework assignments are common in U.S. schools: practice, preparation, and extension. Reasons cited for assigning homework are: (1) Doing homework is useful as an act of intellectual discipline; (2) Homework eases time constraints on the amount of curricular material that can be covered; (3) Homework fosters student initiative,…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment
Mullen, Betty L. – 1989
This paper reports on a pilot program called "TIPS" which was designed to promote parent involvement in mathematics lessons for grades 1-6 in Creve Coeur Elementary District 76, located in a small town on the outskirts of Peoria, Illinois. The program was begun in the first year of districtwide adoption of a new math textbook which provided parent…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Homework, Mathematical Enrichment
Singh, Balwant – 1986
Four questionnaires, designed to measure attitudes toward a proposed homework hotline, are included in this document. There are versions for parents of students in grades 4 to 6, for junior high school students, for high school students, and for educators. The items concern student characteristics, desirable parental role in helping with homework,…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Hotlines (Public)
Hossler, Carol-Anne; And Others – Policy Bulletin: Consortium on Educational Policy Studies, 1988
This bulletin reviews selected research on the relationship of increased instructional time to student achievement. Different ways of increasing time are discussed, including lengthening the school year and the school day, reallocating time within the day to allow more time for instruction, improving teachers' management skills, and increasing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Day
Devine, Thomas G. – 1987
This book describes specific ways for teachers to assist their students in mastering skills needed for success in school. It is based upon the belief that thinking can be improved, human intellect sharpened, and academic ability increased. A case for study skills is made in Chapter I. Chapter II provides guidelines for the immediate improvement of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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