Homework is a time honored practice that can enhance the development of skills
and
reinforce knowledge gained within the classroom when it is used effectively and
appropriately. Some pupils feel down and stress when they hear
“Homework”. Frankly, Homework is given not to make students stress, but to
enhance them in memorizing the materials that they have learnt. Homework provides reinforcement, practice, application, transference, and enrichment of what is taught in class and requires students to integrate skills included
in
curricula.
As children complete their assignments, they become more invested in and
responsible for their learning. Doing assignment means they are thinking how to figure
out and solve the task. The benefit of homework at the elementary level
is
to assist students in developing time organization, independent problem solving, and information processing skills. The benefit of homework is to assist students in developing time
organization, independent problem solving, and information processing skills. Homework helps children develop beliefs about achievement and study habits, including the value of effort and the ability to cope with mistakes and difficulty. However, when they reach the high
school level, the effects of homework are more impressive. A typical homework completing high school student will outperform students who do not do homework by 69% on standardized tests (Cooper, 2001). Research also shows
homework can raise
a student’s G.P.A. by one-half point for 30 extra minutes of
homework per night. Homework can produce a
substantial, positive effect on an adolescent’s performance at school. In the orher hand, parents also involve in
this part because parent’s positive attitude
can
be a major factor in how students view homework. Thus, homework can be a cost-
effective instructional technique that can have positive effects on student achievement
and
character development and can serve as a vital link between the school and family. Homework, along with sports, special programs, and other activities, is an important
component to the total educational program.
Mr. Walker was trying to explain about new mania of the world after Beatles mania, sport mania, and religious mania. Mania can be good, can be alarming, or can be deadly. The new mania of the world is mania for learning English. Chinese people learn English by screaming. There are 2 billion of them who trying to learn English worldwide in India, Latin America, India and most of all in China. Chinese start learning English in the third grade. That is why China become the world’s largest English speaking country. Why English ? in one word “Opportunity” for having better life, a job, a school and for putting better food on the table. Imagine a student’s life depends on English test which the score of the test literally determine her future. English is the world's second language, your native language is your life but with English you can become part of a wider conversation. The world has other universal languages such as mathematics is the language of science, music is the langu...
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