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There\u2019s a\u00a0huge debate about homework<\/a>\u00a0and whether it helps kids learn during the school year. But everyone agrees that homework can take lots of time. The most\u00a0commonly accepted guidelines<\/a>\u00a0recommend one hour for middle school and two hours for high school. However, I think this amount of time on homework every day can be too much.<\/p>\n

The nightly hour many\u00a0middle schoolers<\/a>\u00a0spend on homework adds up to about 180 hours over a school year. That\u2019s time that kids could be playing sports, reading books or just taking a break after a long day.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s common for\u00a0high school students<\/a>\u00a0to devote twice as much time, about two hours daily, to their homework. And some\u00a0schools require much more<\/a>\u00a0homework. In some school systems, even\u00a0kindergartners do some homework<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Does making kids study in what could be their personal time pay off? Homework appears to work best when the teacher and students are clear about what it\u2019s for and the\u00a0assignments are worthwhile<\/a>. While I do believe doing some homework is helpful, I don\u2019t think it should be assigned unless it\u2019s necessary.<\/p>\n

My\u00a0research group and I found this out<\/a>\u00a0by examining survey responses of students. They told us how much time they spent doing homework, what grades they got and how they did on standardized tests.<\/p>\n

The evidence we found suggests that students who spend more time doing homework\u00a0don\u2019t necessarily get better grades<\/a>. But it may help them get higher scores on the standardized tests that\u00a0nearly all<\/a>\u00a0American\u00a0public school<\/a>\u00a0students take. That is because doing more homework to practice things you know can help you get better and faster at doing those things.<\/p>\n

From what I\u2019ve seen with my own students, those who seem to spend a lot of time on homework are usually struggling to understand what they are being asked to do. That could explain why devoting more time to homework doesn\u2019t automatically improve grades.<\/p>\n

In these situations, I believe students would probably be better off learning the material in class with their teacher before going home and trying it on their own. One benefit is what happens when students get back this extra time after school: There\u2019s more time for sports, music, books and friends.<\/p>\n

Everyone needs a break after a long day of work, after all. And that includes students.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Robert H. Tai is an Associate Professor of Education, University of Virginia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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