Research Reflection: Homework and Learning
Homework is something that is given to every student to do. Often nowadays, students are under piles and piles of homework but does homework actually help them learn and know their material?
In order to answer this question, an experimental design would be used in which homework is the independent variable. The dependent variable would be how well students retain information from class. In this experiment, students will be separated by age then by gender in order to prevent any possible confounding variable that may occur.
My experiment would first start with a pool of students that will be separated by age then by gender. The half of the students in each gender group would have a lesson and receive homework while the other half will not. This “treatment” will be given to group. Results would be compared at the end.
My hypothesis is that homework will not have an effect on students because homework becomes a tedious thing that each person does. In the end, students rush to complete the homework rather than slow down to actually understand everything. I believe that students retain little to no information that they learned from their homework. They probably remember more from the previous class than the homework they did.
The benefits of this study would allow teaching professionals to understand what effect does homework have on the students’ learning experience. It may allow them to consider the necessity of homework or the quantity of homework that would optimize how much information students remember.
The biggest challenge that this experiment will face is the different subjects that the students learn. The homework format for each subject is different. For example, math would consist of word problems with numeric values. On the other hand, English homework can be given in many different forms. It can be reading or writing. Other subjects would have practice problems in either multiple choice or short answer form. Another challenge is the way each subject can be taught. Subjects like science can be taught more usually compared to English.
Another challenge the elimination of all possible confounding or lurking variables. Although my experiment is trying to see if homework affects how much a student learns, other variables that I cannot control are sleeping habits, eating habits, social background, and etc.
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