Homework Program Research Articles

When Homework is not Home Work: After-School Programs for Homework Assistance

Homework does not always occur at home. With the perceived demand for higher academic performance has come an increase in the amount and complexity of assigned homework. Given the number of parents who work outside the home, and the need for safe and structured after-school activities, after-school programs have become a venue for helping students with their homework. This article examines the potential of after-school homework-assistance programs within the larger context of after-school programs in general. There is limited data on the outcomes associated with programs that offer homework assistance. The data suggest that after-school homework-assistance programs can serve a protective function for children at-risk for school failure, particularly those who do not have other structured after-school activities or those whose parents do not speak English at home. In general, the availability of homework assistance at home, the quality of the after-school homework program and the nature of the homework assigned will mediate the effect of these programs. Questions for future implementation and evaluation efforts are raised.

The Effect of Parent Participation in Strategies to Improve the Homework Performance of Students Who Are At Risk

The effect of teaching parents of at-risk students to facilitate a home-based self-management program to improve homework performance and academic achievement was Investigated. The parents of 26 sixth- and seventh-grade students from two middle school programs for at-risk youth received training and implemented home-based self-management and reinforcement strategies. Results indicated that overall levels of homework completion and homework quality increased significantly for those students whose parents consistently implemented the 10-week homework program. Significant increases in mathematics achievement also occurred. These results suggest that the practice of homework may be an important element of academic programming for students at risk and students with disabilities and that parents may play a primary role in the homework process.

The effects of conjoint behavioral consultation and a structured homework program on math completion and accuracy in junior high students.

The effects of conjoint behavioral consultation and a structured homework program on math completion and accuracy in junior high students.

High Standards Call for a Homework Program

(1953). High Standards Call for a Homework Program. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas: Vol. 27, No. 7, pp. 421-422.

Parent Consultation

We tested the effectiveness of a self-help manual-based homework intervention program for parents on children's homework problems as implemented through behavioral consultation. Parents were selected through local school psychologists' nominations based on the children's histories ofincomplete homework completion and through advertisements in the local supermarkets and newspapers. Two sets of parents were provided with a manual and instructed to implement the treatment across two academic subject areas. The effectiveness of the intervention was assessed through a multiple baseline design with homework accuracy and completion rates as the primary dependent variables. The results indicated that one child demonstrated improved homework accuracy and completion rates within one academic area during the intervention. Also, one parent reported a perceived improvement in daily homework behaviors as assessed through a daily parent rating scale. However, both sets of parents reported overall improvement in homework behavior during treatment evaluation and a three-month follow-up assessment with the Homework Problem Checklist. At the completion of the intervention, the parents and children reported having positive perceptions of the manual-based homework program. The conclusions of previous research are discussed in light of our results.

Homework and Students with Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders

This article provides a limited review of the effects of homework on students with disabilities, the essentials of effective homework programs, and variables that affect home-school partnerships. The emphasis is on students with learning disabilities and behavior disorders who are at risk for academic failure and poor school adjustment. The authors introduce the University of Utah Homework Partners series, which highlights three homework packages: a cooperative learning teams-based approach for classrooms, a package to train parents to be positive academic tutors for their children, and a systematic program to train parents in effective homework practices. The latter package is the major focus of this article because it emphasizes home-school partnerships for students with disabilities. Sanity Savers for Parents: Tips for Tackling Homework is a training program that teaches parents how to assess, design, and troubleshoot an effective in-home homework program for their child. The overall emphasis of this program is on practical interventions that are positive and motivating and include a home-to-school link to maximize the generalization of effects for students with learning and behavior disabilities.

Homework Program Hones Study Skills, Improves Grades

Homework Program Hones Study Skills, Improves Grades

A Realistic View of Homework for theGhetto Child

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size NotesGeorge W. Bond and George J. Smith, “Establishing a Homework Program,” The Elementary School Journal, LXVI (1965), p. 139.Robert L. Kerzic, “The Value of Homework,” The Clearing House, XLI (1966), pp. 140–142. Kerzic states that “The Education Index from 1928–1965 lists in excess of 350 articles dealing with … homework.”.National Educational Association, Research Division, “Elementary School Homework,” NEA Journal, LI (1961), p. 53.John A. Mengel, John Holcroft, and Richard D. Zahn, “Attitudes toward Homework,” The Elementary School Journal, LXVII (1966), p. 43.For a discussion of this see the comment of James Moon quoted by Marilyn H. Cutter in “How Much Homework Is Enough?” Nation's Schools, LXXVII (1966), p. 65.Time Magazine, XCV (March 16, 1970), p. 16.New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1970.Luvern L. Cunningham. “Hey, Man, You Our Principal?” Education Digest, XXXV (February, 1970), p. 7.“Kids and Heroin: The Adolescent Epidemic,” Time Magazine, ed. cit., p. 16.M. Buskin. “Problem: How to Provide Adequate Home Study Facilities and Opportunities for Disadvantaged Negro Students,” School Management, XI (1967), pp. 66–67.Cunningham, op. cit., p. 8.Quoted in James Solberg, “I Want Them to Know That We Care,” School Management, XII (1968), p. 41.

Establishing a Homework Program

Previous articleNext article No AccessEstablishing a Homework ProgramGeorge W. Bond, and George J. SmithGeorge W. Bond Search for more articles by this author , and George J. Smith Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Elementary School Journal Volume 66, Number 3Dec., 1965 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/460277 Views: 2Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

The Economics of An Industrial Homework Program

Vocational Guidance QuarterlyVolume 11, Issue 2 p. 88-90 The Economics of An Industrial Homework Program HERBERT RUSALEM, HERBERT RUSALEM Herbert Rusalem is Research Consultant and Milton Cohen is Executive Director of the Federation of the Handicapped.Search for more papers by this authorMILTON COHEN, MILTON COHEN Herbert Rusalem is Research Consultant and Milton Cohen is Executive Director of the Federation of the Handicapped.Search for more papers by this author HERBERT RUSALEM, HERBERT RUSALEM Herbert Rusalem is Research Consultant and Milton Cohen is Executive Director of the Federation of the Handicapped.Search for more papers by this authorMILTON COHEN, MILTON COHEN Herbert Rusalem is Research Consultant and Milton Cohen is Executive Director of the Federation of the Handicapped.Search for more papers by this author First published: Winter 1962 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2164-585X.1962.tb00179.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume11, Issue2Winter 1962Pages 88-90 RelatedInformation

Developing useful work opportunities for the homebound patient.

BECAUSE the job serves many functions for the individual in addition to the obvious one of producing income, the desire to work often persists tenaciously in the face of long-term illness. While most communities provide rehabilitation services for patients who can be expected to return to industry, such services rarely are available for patients who are permanently confined to home. The experience of Montefiore Hospital in an experimental homework program, Jobs for the Homebound, indicates that it is practical to provide work for homebound chronically ill patients as part of a medical home care program. The Montefiore Home Care Program provides medical treatment at home to approximately 80 medically indigent patients with all types of chronic diseases. The severity of illness among home care patients is such that the majority would be in hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions were it not for home care. Typical home care patients include cardiacs in chronic congestive failure, cancer patients who are pursuing a downhill course, patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and severe residuals from strokes requiring continued physical therapy. Home care patients are treated by a team composed of physicians, social workers, nurses, physical therapists, and recreation therapists. The impetus for Jobs for the Homebound was the expressed desire for work on the part -of certain home care patients and the lack of vocational rehabilitation facilities in the community for homebound patients with marginal productive capacities. The objectives of the project are to explore the vocational potential of home care patients, to develop methods for and to determine the cost of providing them with vocational rehabilitation services, and to study the impact of work on patients. Jobs for the Homebound is operated as an integral part of the home care program, adding vocational rehabilitation to the treatment program of appropriate patients. The five-year project has completed four years and five months of operation.* The first two and one-half years of project experience and preliminary findings on the impact of work are reported elsewhere.2 This paper will discuss the project findings which are most pertinent to the develop-