Abstract
The amount of time high school students spend on homework is predictive of achievement, grades, and even dropping out of school. This study, based on a sample of 95 high school students, identified a group who spent zero time on homework and other students for comparison on measures of school performance and personal adjustment. The zero-time homework students were more often male, older, presented less favorable school attitudes, lower grades, more frequent discipline and conduct problems, less satisfactory close friendships, and a more external locus of control (Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire). The groups did not differ, however, on socioeconomic status, history of repeating grades, educational expectations, and 7 of 9 scales of a measure of self-esteem (Self-perception Profile for Adolescents). It is concluded that the time a student spends on homework, at the low end, is a useful indication of the student's school adjustment, but not necessarily related to the student's out-of-school personal adjustment.
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