by The Knight's Post Staff
Many students ask themselves this question: how does homework affect us? We at The Knights Post wanted to discuss this amongst ourselves in order to discuss both the merits and disadvantages of assigning homework, as well as investigate what effect it has on the student population. While we acknowledge that many students dislike homework (we even do ourselves, occasionally), homework has the potential to be used to positively impact our days and our lives.
It is important that we talk about the issue of homework so that everyone impacted, including students, teachers, and parents, understand the pros and cons of homework. We need to ensure that everyone sees the effects homework can have on individual students. Time spent on homework is different for everyone, and it can impact each student in a special way. It's important that we all see this, see the impact it has on students, and do our best to ensure that students are not impacted in an extremely negative way by the homework they are assigned every night. Finally, it is important that we talk about this because this affects a child's health and wellbeing.
In our discussions, we looked deeply at sources regarding homework situations and policies in the United States and Finland. Sources discussing the United States indicate that focused, relevant homework assignments in high school are correlated with higher test scores. Additionally, homework can be beneficial in some areas of life, though it has the potential to disrupt other aspects, too. Sources discussing Finland indicate that less is more. Students in Finland have 3 hours of homework compared to the 6 hours of homework done by students in the USA. This source pointed out that students in Finland do better overall than students in the US even though the US has more homework. In many cases, Finnish students do not have homework, instead being directed to focus on other aspects of their lives.
Greenfield students should care about this issue because it concerns them. Students aware of this issue can understand all sides of the story, and potentially advocate for change to create a more manageable student life. Because every student is different, some spend fifteen minutes on an assignment that another student may spend an hour on. Homework can impact students, but other successful education systems do homework differently. So it’s important that we see that there are other ways to learn and succeed in school. When we look at other systems and add them into our homework systems, we can improve the impacts homework has on students.
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