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Download full textDoyle, Mary Anne E.; Barber, Betsy S. – 1990
Three types of homework assignments are common in U.S. schools: practice, preparation, and extension. Reasons cited for assigning homework are: (1) Doing homework is useful as an act of intellectual discipline; (2) Homework eases time constraints on the amount of curricular material that can be covered; (3) Homework fosters student initiative,…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment
