The Homework Myth Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing,9780738210858

The Homework Myth Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing

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ISBN13: 9780738210858
ISBN10: 0738210854
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-08-21
Publisher(s): Da Capo Lifelong Books
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Summary

We often worry about what homework is doing to our families, but then limit the questions we ask of our children's teachers to those dealing with the details: When is this assignment due? What sorts of binders will our kids need? It's acceptable to ask, "How much time should they be spending on this each evening?" but not to ask, "Is it really necessary to assign homework on this topic?" Teachers, too, may catch themselves wondering just how useful it really is to send children home with those packets, but then assume their only option is to revise the packets' contents.

Author Biography

Alfie Kohn is the author of ten previous books, including Punished by Rewards, The Schools Our Children Deserve, and Unconditional Parenting. He lives with his family in the Boston area.

Table of Contents

PART I THE TRUTH ABOUT HOMEWORK
``Missing Out on Their Childhoods''
3(22)
Does Homework Improve Learning? A Fresh Look at the Evidence
25(24)
Does Homework Provide Nonacademic Benefits?
49(22)
PART II SIX REASONS HOMEWORK PERSISTS (DESPITE WHAT THE DATA SAY)
``Studies Show . . .''---Or Do They?
71(16)
The Questions Left Unasked
87(14)
What We Haven't Learned About Learning
101(18)
The ``Tougher Standards'' Fad Hits Home
119(22)
Better Get Used to It
141(10)
Idle Hands . . .
151(12)
PART III RESTORING SANITY
Rethinking Homework
163(20)
Making Change
183(16)
Notes 199(30)
References 229(14)
Acknowledgments 243(2)
Index 245

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