Presented By: Michael Barrow Lori Reeder

 Homework is good  Rob Marzono  Homework is okay  Ruby Paine  Homework is bad  Alfie Kohn

 Homework can be seen as a way of prolonging the school day on a limited budget.  Homework gives students more time to master a topic or skill.  Homework “reinforces” the skills that students have learned.

 Make sure that students see the purpose of a homework assignment or are interested in the topic so that they are more likely to do it.  Allow students to select the topic or apply the work to their own lives or interests so that they will put more into the assignment.

 Lots of practice can help some students get better at remembering an answer, but not to get better at – or even accustomed to -- thinking.  Harm to economically disadvantaged students, who are unintentionally penalized because their environments often make it almost impossible to complete assignments at home.

 Stress, frustration, family conflict, loss of time for other activities, a possible diminution of interest in learning  Negative attitudes on the part of students who get more assignments.

 Alfie Kohn  “The Homework Myth: Why our kids get too much of a bad thing”. Alfie Kohn  Education Week. September 6, “The Truth About Homework”. Alfie Kohn  Ruby Payne  “A Framework for Understanding Poverty”. Ruby K. Payne, PH.D.  “Learning Structures”. Ruby K. Payne, PH.D.  Robert Marzano  “What Works in Schools: Translating Research Into Action”. Robert J. Marzano