Encouraging students to complete work outside of class has always been a struggle. But many college professors say it has gotten even harder in recent years as students prioritize their mental health, ...

Homework is one of those hot-button topics that never fails to set off a wide range of responses when people are asked about its value. From ardent backers of the age-old practice to absolute ...

Homework is as American as, well, mom and apple pie. It’s a concept that has spanned generations (and likely maintained its unpopularity with each new generation of students who take it on). While ...

More than 50% of 1,274 young people ages 14 to 22 reported using generative AI at some point in their lives, according to a 2023 survey from NORC at the University of Chicago and other research groups ...

The modern education system is certainly interesting. When I was growing up, if you didn’t do an assignment, you didn’t receive credit for it. In other words, you got a zero. Similarly, if you failed ...

Why do your own homework when a robot can do it for you? Nearly every Gen Z student is now relying on AI to get through school — with 97% saying they’ve used tools like ChatGPT, according to a new ...

Years ago, Virginia Clinton-Lisell, a professor of educational psychology at the University of North Dakota, decided to use a commercial textbook for her class along with an online homework platform.

School assignments that a student is expected to do outside of the regular school day—that’s homework. The general guideline is 10 minutes of nightly homework per grade level beginning after ...

Source: Flickr Creative Commons/Alberto G. With the school in full swing for so many youth, I wanted to share some comments that students across the nation have shared in response to my blogs on ...

For decades, homework has been designed as a static exercise—repetition, recall, and regurgitation. While classrooms have seen digital evolution especially post COVID 19, the structure of homework has ...

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