Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Is Homework Really Beneficial?

As far as we can remember homework has always gone hand-and-hand with school but does research show that this really helps students? In Alfie Kohn's book The Homework Myth he points out that no study has ever found a correlation between homework and academic achievement. Kinos School in Arizona believes giving students homework cuts into students social time and creative activity which causes stress and in return creates a negative feeling toward school for students. Read the article below and give me your thought on whether you think homework is beneficial.
 http://www.education.com/magazine/article/The_Homework_Debate/