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Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding The Motivation And Effectiveness Of Homework, Donald Snead
Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding The Motivation And Effectiveness Of Homework, Donald Snead
Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education
The purpose of this study was to understand middle school teachers’ perspectives on the role of homework. Approximately 118 middle school teachers volunteered to complete open-ended surveys describing their perceptions regarding the effectiveness of homework. Qualitative analysis revealed teachers identified several instructional and non-instructional reasons for having to complete homework including: practice, reinforcement, review, responsible, and multiples of the aforementioned categories. Additional findings describe differences related with time spent on homework, assessing process and using homework for instructional and review. Implications describe both the ambiguous and inconsistent homework practices diminishing effective instruction. Further, findings identify the indecisiveness regarding homework assignments, …