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[quote=Anonymous]Of course it's true that the more you practice something, the better you will get at that activity. That is self-evident.
The problem is that after so many hours, you reach a point of diminishing returns where the marginal benefit you'd receive for another minute of math worksheets is less than the benefit you'd receive from doing something else that helps with brain development- exercise/sports, rest, eating, or building relationships with family and friends.
So you might get 1% better at math for doing another worksheet at 8pm. But you'd improve by 10% if you just stopped and went to bed. The brain needs time to rest and process everything it's absorbed.
The research DOES show benefits to homework at the high school level, but none at the elementary level. You may be right that the studies are not perfect. But until a perfect study is designed and the results are published, it is all we have. And it is possible to draw broad conclusions from a large body of imperfect studies. Such as the fact that we should not take for granted that excessive homework is always, 100% better. That is what the NEA has done- taken a moderate (if not evidence-based) approach of recommending 10 minutes a night per grade that balances the perspectives of both sides of this debate. 
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