Homework plays an instrumental role in a student's overall academic success, but questions abound regarding how much is enough (or too much), when it is most effective, and what additional measures are needed to ensure success. Below you will find the most recent research on this significant topic, along with important guidelines, recommendations and supports for parents, teachers and students.
Introduction and Background Information
Research
Additional Resources on the Web
Homework 101
Expert, Jenny Frank offers helpful tips on how
to motivate your child to complete homework assignments
effectively and give him/her the support needed to achieve.
Homework Tips for Parents
The Grades K-8 section of NCLD outlines the steps parents should
take to support their child at home. Adapted from "Homework
Tips for Parents" by the Coordinated Campaign for Learning
Disabilities.
Homework: For Better or
Worse
NCLD Director of Professional Services, Dr. Sheldon Horowitz
explores the recent research on homework and provides key
guidelines for students at every grade level as well as
recommendations for parents and teachers in his September 2005
Research Round-up.
Click here to review the
Research Roundup archive.
Additional
Resources on the Web
For Students:
Homework Supports for Students with
Learning Disabilities
NPIN.org
Educational software and services for middle school, high
school, and college students. Creative, innovative and
interactive products that empower students of all ages.
25 Top Tips for Handling Homework
SchwabLearning.
For Parents:
Homework Tips for Parents
U.S. Department of Education
The Homework Toolkit
This toolkit from the Family Education Network includes memory
boosters, organizational tools, skill-builders, printable
templates and much more.
Tool Kit for Parents: Being an
Efficient Homework Helper
LDOnline.org
Tips for Developing Organizational
Skills in Children
The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities
For Teachers/ Professionals/ Researchers:
Teachers Involve Parents in
Schoolwork-TIPS
National Network of Partnership Schools
The Great Homework Debate - Teacher to
Teacher: Issues Affecting the Classroom Teacher
American Federation of Teachers
Homework Research and Policy: A
Review of the Literature
University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human
Development
Parental Involvement in Homework:
A Review of Current Research
Harvard Family Research Project