“THE EFFECT OF HOMEWORK ON STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT”
By NOOR AFNI BTE ANDI PATURUSI, UNITAR S abah Regional Centre.
ABSTRACTS
The main purpose of this seminar paper is to identify the effect of homework on how it will be help to develop student’s achievements especially in academic; throughout involvement and relationship in learning process either at school or at home. Many researches have been held to look out the effectiveness of homework that assigned and how it will be to related student’s achievement by increasing student’s grade or improve student’s personal development. To complete this seminar paper, I have been applied reading comprehension research as my methodologies to get information that related to my topic and suitable for further references. All of the information gathered is from the articles and journal, which has written and have been publishing in range of years on 1998 until 2009. Based on my seminar topic, I am dividing this seminar paper into three chapters. On Chapter One, the topic discusses started with Introduction, then, Problem Statement, and follow by, Research Objectives, Research Questions, Significance of Research and Theoretical Perspectives. While on Chapter Two, I am included the part of literature review that discussing the meaning of homework, the advantage and disadvantage of homework, the roles of teacher, parents and students, types of homework and suitability of homework that have been assigned or plan for students. At last, Chapter Three will be conclusions, recommendations, references and appendices part. The timeline for completing this seminar paper is 6 weeks, start on 02 June 2009 until 10 July 2009.
1. CHAPTER ONE
1. INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, student’s achievements in school have always been a concern for parents, student and educators. As an effect on it, there have been several theories on what method, strategies and resources that could to help students
References: 3.3.1 Journal and Article • Duke Study(1999): Homework Helps Students Succeed in School, As Long as There isn’t Too Much • Homework: Amounts, Effects, Help for Students and Parents by Nancy McIntyre.(2001) • Homework: re-examining the routine by Sarah North and Hannah Pillay (2002) • A Strategy for Getting Students to Do Their Homework by William Peirce. (2003) • Persepsi Pelajar terhadap Amalan Kerja Rumah sebagai Strategi Pembelajaran di Sekolah Menengah by Mazulina Binti Saad (2004) • The Importance of Homework Beyond Education by Allen Teal (2009 3.3.2 Online Resources