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Should Teachers Assign Homework - Coggle Diagram
Should Teachers Assign Homework
No
Background
nobody knows who really invented homework but is seems to have been around for a long time
There has been an increse in homework assigned over the years.
Homework has caused an increased amount of stress over the years due to more and more homework being assigned
Does more bad than good
As an experiment, a teacher who taught advanced placement biology cut the amount of homework she gave by a third then if half. There was no difference in test scores.
Highschool students were interviewed for a study by Stanford University and about two thirds said that they used drugs an acohal to deal with all the stress
Homework can force kids to prioritize school over everything else in their lives, including their health. School should stay at school.
Unhealthy
If kids have too much homework they will spend less time outside exercizing and more time cooped up inside.
Sleep deprivation is more common for kids because they are so overwhelmed with homework. Kids cannot learn and develope if they don't get enough sleep.
Kids aren't able to spend time with their friends and family and grow healthy relationships with them. Sometimes kids are overwhelmed and can't finish their homework causing parents to yell at them. This makes the child associate not doing homework with their parents yelling at them leading them to be more overwhelmed.
Added Stress
Homework can make a childs home feel like like school, causing a safe place for them to relax be gone. Children should be given time to rest and be a kid.
Studies show that there is an extreme increase in anxiety in kids
If a kid goes to school, just to come back and contunue to do work, they might stop eating or sleeping to finish their work causingg more stress from lower grade that might come with not sleeping.
Hooks
In a survey, two thirds of highschool students interviewed stated that they turned to drugs or alcohal to cope with stress, much of it coming from homework.
In a survey, 61% of students said they weren't getting enough sleep due to all the homework being assigned.
Thesis
Teachers should not assign homework because it causes stress, forces unhealthy habbits in kids, and can cause more harm than good.
Specialized Information
Students can develope eating disorders from stress caused by too much homework.
Homework has been proven to cause students low self-esteem and deppression.