Someone recently asked me about the growing anti-homework movement. I said I was agnostic, but generally felt that most students are probably getting assigned too much. But was it really true, she said, that research suggests that homework doesn't improve grades or test scores? I told her that results are somewhat mixed - they're always mixed - but yeah, the research is not encouraging. But how, she wondered, could I then not be more adamantly anti-homework than I am?
nihilism in, nihilism out
nihilism in, nihilism out
nihilism in, nihilism out
Someone recently asked me about the growing anti-homework movement. I said I was agnostic, but generally felt that most students are probably getting assigned too much. But was it really true, she said, that research suggests that homework doesn't improve grades or test scores? I told her that results are somewhat mixed - they're always mixed - but yeah, the research is not encouraging. But how, she wondered, could I then not be more adamantly anti-homework than I am?