"Anxiety, boredom, fatigue and emotional exhaustion are all side-effects of bringing schoolwork home."
Up to a point. In a new book, summarising 75 years of research into children's perspectives on homework, it concluded that: "Generally, students believe that homework is important in assisting them to do well at school."
It quoted studies from children saying they sometimes learn a lot from it. One study showed that eight per cent of primary pupils indicated they did not learn a lot from homework. This is not incredibly damning. Most pupils said they enjoyed homework at least some of the time.
Children are undoubtedly critical of poorly set and marked homework.
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