Hello. My name is Aleena and I believe that homework should not be banned.

Assertion 1-Homework is an important and valuable component of learning.

Reasoning 1- It teaches the students important life skills that they will need to apply even when they become working adults, especially time management, prioritizing work, as well as values, namely responsibility and self-discipline.

Reasoning 2-Setting homework and assignments extends the student’s study beyond what they learn in school and allows for a wider and deeper understanding of the topic.

Reasoning 3-With homework, school hours are also put to good use in which teachers can spend their time teaching well instead of giving the students class work to do.

Evidence 1-According to Cooper’s much-cited review of homework studies, there have been 20 studies since 1962 that compared the achievement of students who received homework and achievement of students who did not. Results are that 14 of the studies showed benefit in doing homework.

Evidence 2-According to a 2006 study by Harris Cooper, director of Duke University’s Program in Education, which analyzed and combined the results of dozens of homework studies. The studies found that students who had homework performed better on class tests compared to those who did not.

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Assertion 2-Homework helps kids do well in exams

Reasoning 1-They get extra practice to understand the concepts

Reasoning 2: Looking at the homework, Teachers can plan lessons according to the students’ abilities

Reasoning 3: They don't waste time on other things and are focussed on completing their work

Evidence1: A 2011 study in the Journal of Advanced Academics found that it was the sense of efficiency students felt while completing homework assignments, and the availability of resources (such as a quiet place to work and access to a computer) that led to increased mathematics achievement on an international exam.

Evidence 2: According to a parent guide released by the National PTA and the National Education Association, most educators agree that adequate amount of homework is helpful

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Assertion 3: Connects parents and school curriculum

Reasoning 1: Parents are often eager to support their children’s learning but do not always know how to help, homework helps them to connect

Reasoning 2: homework is helpful for parents to discuss the child's progress with the teacher, during an orientation or a parent teacher conference

Reasoning 3: Teachers will talk with parents about their mutual goals for their children’s learning

Evidence 1: Parental involvement in children’s homework (Hoover- Dempsey et al., 2001) is discussed in this paper

Evidence 2: Importance of Parenting involvement in homework By Epstein & Van Voorhis, 2001; Hoover-Dempsey, Bassler, & Burow, 1995

Source-http://kids-connect.org/homework.pdf

Once Again, my name is Aleena and I believe that homework should not be banned.

Hello. My name is Aleena Kelkar and I believe that homework should be banned.

Assertion 1-Homework leads to overwhelmed,cranky kids.

Reasoning 1- Kids are already tired from school, so homework puts extra pressure on them. This results in stressed out kids.

Reasoning 2- Not completing homework affects your grades, which puts stress on you to make up for it.

Reasoning 3-You spend a lot of time(about 45-50 mins) on homework, which gives you less sleep. You then wake up cranky.

Evidence 1-. According to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2006 poll, 80 percent of teens don’t get the recommended amount of sleep. At least 28 percent fall asleep in school and 22 percent fall asleep doing homework.

Evidence 2-According to the American Psychological Association, typical schoolchildren today report more anxiety than did child psychiatric patients in the 1950s.

Source-http://stophomework.com/fact.pdf

Assertion 2-Homework is a waste of time.

Reasoning 1-It is repeating what students have learned in school, which is not useful to students.

Reasoning 2-There is no relationship between homework and grades.

Reasoning 3-Since there are no teachers to supervise, students can learn to do homework the wrong way and waste time.

Evidence 1-According to a 2001 review of more than 120 studies of homework and its effects by Professor Harris Cooper of Duke University, the country’s leading homework researcher, and his updated 2006 review of an additional sixty studies, there is very little correlation between the amount of homework and achievement in elementary school and only a moderate correlation in middle school.

Evidence 2-Many countries with the highest scoring students on achievement tests, such as Japan, Denmark, and the Czech Republic, have teachers who assign little homework. Meanwhile, countries such as Greece, Thailand, and Iran, where students have some of the worst average scores, have teachers who assign a lot of homework.

Assertion 3-Students get less exercise and fall sick.

Reasoning 1-They are spending too much time on homework, so they get very little time to exercise.

Reasoning 2- They get too tired to play outside after homework. There brains are tired from homework and they do not feel like doing anything after it.

Reasoning 3-Their sleeping time and eating time become very erratic because of the amount of homework and eventually fall sick.

Evidence 1-Kids are more sedentary than ever before, and homework is a contributing factor. Since 1981, the amount of time kids spend playing sports has decreased by 58 percent for six- to eight-year-olds, 19 percent for nine- to eleven-year- olds, 43 percent for twelve- to fourteen-year-olds, and 28 percent for fifteen- to seventeen-year-olds

Evidence 2-According to a 2004 report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) of the Department of Health and Human Services. Even since 2000, there’s been a significant increase: 17.1 percent of American kids between the ages of two and nineteen are now considered overweight.

Source-http://stophomework.com/fact.pdf

Once again, my name is Aleena and I believe that homework should be banned.