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Yang, Fuyi; Xu, Jianzhong – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
This study validated the Homework Expectancy Value Scale (HEVS) based on 918 middle school students from China. The factor analytic results showed that the HEVS consisted of two distinct yet related subscales: Expectancy and Value. Results further revealed that latent factor means for the HEVS were invariant across gender. Finally, consistent with…
Descriptors: Homework, Gender Differences, Middle School Students, Academic Achievement
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Xu, Jianzhong – Educational Psychology, 2007
The article links student and family characteristics, along with homework characteristics and homework purposes, to homework management as reported by 194 middle-school students in Grades 5-6. The results revealed that homework management was not related to grade level, amount of parental education, time spent on homework, or extrinsic reasons for…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Family Involvement, Homework, Middle School Students
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Xu, Jianzhong – Journal of Educational Research, 2005
The purpose of the present study is threefold. First, the author aims to determine how middle and high school students would perceive and classify a set of homework purposes drawn from relevant literature by conducting an exploratory factor analysis to ascertain the underlying factor structure of these homework purposes. Second, the author…
Descriptors: Homework, Middle School Students, Factor Analysis, Academic Achievement