>School Homework Offers Little Benefit, Australian Study Finds
Updated: Tuesday, 27 Mar 2012, 8:02 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 27 Mar 2012, 7:26 PM EDT
By: The Daily Telegraph
SYDNEY – Children are being lumbered with hours of school homework every week — but the extra slog does not do them any good, according to an Australian study.
Research reveals elementary school homework offers no real benefit — and only limited results in junior high school.
Only senior students in grades 11 and 12 benefit from after-school work, said associate professor Richard Walker, from Sydney University’s Education Faculty.
