The issue of assigning homework is controversial in terms of its purpose, what to assign, the amount of time needed to complete it, parental involvement, its actual affect on learning and achievement, ...

When it comes to adolescents with math and science homework, more isn't necessarily better -- an hour a day is optimal -- but doing it alone and regularly produces the biggest knowledge gain, ...

It's been more than two decades since Omama Kjerstin Gabrielson had to solve for x and y. When her sixth-grade daughter came home with a pile of math problems to solve, Gabrielson dusted off those old ...

ChatGPT has already wreaked havoc on classrooms and changed how teachers approach writing homework, since OpenAI publicly launched the generative AI chatbot in late 2022. School administrators rushed ...

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An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork." A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil." What could be so horrible? Grade-school math ...

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The optimal amount of homework for 13-year-old students is about an hour a day, a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Educational Psychology suggests. And spending too much time on ...

MATH 51 is a rite of passage for many Stanford students. And over the years, it has acquired a reputation as a challenging course (which may now be outdated given the major overhaul it has undergone).

The optimal amount of homework for 13-year-old students is about an hour a day, a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Educational Psychology suggests. And spending too much time on ...

The sassy note a child left on his math homework has left the internet in stitches. Alex Helms from Charlotte, North Carolina, (u/pantherfanalex) shared his 6-year-old son's first-grade homework on ...