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Drill and Repetition
What kind of homework was preferred in the 1920's?
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TRUE
True or False: There is a disparity between the impacts of homework on kids of different socioeconomic status
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Give a characteristic of high quality homework
relevant to learning, carefully selected, slightly interesting, and not too cognitively challenging
Give a characteristic of high quality homework
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Negative; WWII demanded students to take on jobs and home responsibilities
In the 1940s was homework viewed as negative or positive? And why?
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Higher
Children from __________ socioeconomic backgrounds experience benefits from homework.
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lower achievement
What happens to achievement when homework is too challenging?
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1950's
In what decade did the US adopt a more positive view of math and science homework?
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Parents from higher socioeconomic status have the opportunity to help students after school, money to pay tutors or difference in parental education backgrounds.
Give one reason there is a disparity between students of different socioeconomic backgrounds
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TRUE
True or False: Students in classes with high quality homework perform better than peers in other classes
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More research is being done to understand the implications of homework.
What is the current state of the homework debate?
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It is widening the achievement gap between children from different backgrounds
What is the results of these disparities in homework across socioeconomic lines?
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Yes
Does the quality of the homework change students' attitudes about the homework?
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