Piano lessons. Soccer practice. Homework. Activities like these can take up large portions of our children’s schedules, leaving them little time to be with friends and family or simply enjoy ...

Homework’s role in education is being reexamined. Once essential, it now raises questions about equity, effectiveness, and ...

Homework activities, she added, can be fun and engaging and still reinforce academic concepts.

Parents can play a crucial role in supporting students’ academic success by establishing routines, organizing time effectively, providing dedicated workspaces and facilitating communication with ...

When parents interfere with their children’s homework activities, however, or are over-controlling, parental involvement in homework can have detrimental effects on achievement outcomes.

Overall, we know that if future teachers and practicing educators were prepared to design homework assignments to meet specific purposes—including but not limited to interactive activities—more ...

These after-school activities are a new feature at the east Vancouver school, where Evergreen Public Schools officials are encouraging teachers districtwide to eliminate traditional homework ...

At-home or outside activities can help teach responsibility, similar to a chore. Nelson believes learning responsibility helps prepare younger students for homework in higher grades.

The issue of assigning homework is controversial in terms of its purpose, what to assign, the amount of time needed to complete it, parental involvement, its actual affect on learning and achievement, ...

Reading and spellings or times tables are “great” homework activities, says the mum-of-two, noting it should only really take about 10-20 minutes. “My children are very up for that and there ...