Student and parental homework practices and the effect of English homework on student test scores.

摘要

The problem. This study determined whether students who did English homework over an eleven-day period achieved higher scores on an English literature test than did students who did not do English homework over the same period of time. Moreover, the study assessed whether parental supervision of English homework influenced both students' grade point averages in English and students' scores on an English literature test. Finally, the study examined student and parental attitudes and practices with English homework.;Method. Participants in this study included 94 senior (grade 12) English students and their parents. The data collected consisted of the scores on the English test and student and parental questionnaires. Students' t tests were applied to test three hypotheses.;Results. Findings indicated that students who did English homework performed significantly better than did students who did not do English homework. This suggests that doing English homework will improve student performance on literature tests. However, there was no significant difference between the cumulative twelfth-grade grade point averages in English of students who did and students who did not receive parental supervision of their English homework, and no significant difference between scores on an English literature test of students who received parental supervision and students who did not.