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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Salon article is a very biased reading of the expert opinion. This is straight from the mouth of Harris Cooper.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/12/12/stress-and-the-high-school-student/homeworks-diminishing-returns

He recommends a little homework to build study habit. My son is 1st grade and probably spend 5-10 minutes 4 night a week. I think this is correct amount for this age. Nothing before K.  10 minutes k-2 sounds about right. [/quote]

And yet somehow, generations of kids (including probably most people on DCUM) managed to develop the skills to do homework when homework actually became important to learning round about jr high ... [b]drilling a skill far before a child is ready for it or needs it does not necessarily help. [/b][/quote]

It actually hurts.  I agree with you.  [/quote]

I agree as well. That is why this body of research is useless. Because many teachers do give inappropriate homework. But homework does not have to be inappropriate and could be at the child's level to reinforce learning and cultivate good study habit. [/quote]

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