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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not really.  In fact, research shows that homework is good.

The most comprehensive research on homework to date comes from a 2006 meta-analysis by Duke University psychology professor Harris Cooper, who found evidence of a positive correlation between homework and student achievement, meaning students who did homework performed better in school. The correlation was stronger for older students—in seventh through 12th grade—than for those in younger grades, for whom there was a weak relationship between homework and performance.

Cooper’s analysis focused on how homework impacts academic achievement—test scores, for example. His report noted that homework is also thought to improve study habits, attitudes toward school, self-discipline, inquisitiveness and independent problem solving skills. On the other hand, some studies he examined showed that homework can cause physical and emotional fatigue, fuel negative attitudes about learning and limit leisure time for children. At the end of his analysis, Cooper recommended further study of such potential effects of homework.

Despite the weak correlation between homework and performance for young children, Cooper argues that a small amount of homework is useful for all students. Second-graders should not be doing two hours of homework each night, he said, but they also shouldn’t be doing no homework.[/quote]

This is, more or less, just plagiarized from a Time magazine article ([url]https://time.com/4466390/homework-debate-research/[/url]). I actually want to know about rigorous academic studies on this, not pop descriptions and not really meta-analyses. A meta-analysis doesn't hold a candle to an rct or even a compelling diff-in-diff design. [/quote]

I mean, do you really need a RCT to support the idea that some/most kids learn more and better if they do more work? Think about the way you learn something new. You study, right? I can believe there is some uncertainty about ages and volume of homework, but homework is essentially practice, and it’s still to say “oh, maybe somehow practice does not mattet for algebra!”[/quote]

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