Homework+and+Practice

**Homework and PracticeHOMEWORK AND PRACTICE** **By. Morgan Meola**



Both, homework and practice gives students a better opportunity to grasp a concept. In a classroom, students are required to meet the requirements of their grade levels to succeed to the following grade. An excellent tool for them to reach their requirements is a lot of practice in a classroom, and homework to do once they arrive home.

At times, homework feels as though it is literally weighing you down and will never end. In results to that, it causes a great majority of students to just push it aside and never do it. According to Research referenced in Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's book indicated students need to practice a skill 24 times to reach 80% competency, with the first four practices yielding the greatest effect. Therefore, homework and practice only make you stronger.



__RESEARCH FINDINGS __
 * Grade level is important when teachers assign homework. Impact of homework on achievement increases as students move through the grades (Cooper, 1989, a, b). At the high school level, for every 30 additional minutes of homework completed daily, a student's GPA can increase up to half a point (Keith, 1992). Elementary students should be assigned homework to establish good learning and study habits (Cooper, 1989; Cooper, Lindsay, Nye, & Greathouse, 1998; Gorges & Elliot, 1999).


 * A survey of teachers of students with learning disabilities found that 80 percent of teachers regularly assigned homework, but few matched the tasks to students' skills and provided feedback or positive consequences for homework performance (Salend & Schliff, 1989).


 * Students should receive feedback on their homework. Student achievement can vary based on the kind of feedback provided by the teacher (Walberg, 1999). Grading homework is helpful, but homework in which a teacher has embedded instructive comments has the greatest effect on learning.


 * Homework assignments provide the time and experience students need to develop study habits that support learning. They experience the results of their effort as well as the ability to cope with mistakes and difficulty (Bempechat, 2004).