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Kohn, Alfie.

The homework myth : why our kids get too much of a bad thing / Alfie Kohn.

1st Da Capo Press ed.

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Life Long, 2006.

v, 250 pages ; 24 cm

"So why do we continue to administer this modern cod liver oil-or even demand a larger dose? Kohn's incisive analysis reveals how a set of misconceptions about learning and a misguided focus on competitiveness has left our kids with less free time, and our families with more conflict. Pointing to stories of parents who have fought back-and schools that have proved educational excellence is possible without homework-Kohn demonstrates how we can rethink what happens during and after school in order to rescue our families and our children's love of learning."--Publisher's website.

Argues that homework does not provide academic benefits for younger students and that the notion of homework is the result of a set of misconceptions about learning, a mistrust of children, and a misguided focus on competitiveness.

Homework.

Study skills.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.

"Missing out on their childhoods" -- Does homework improve learning? : a fresh look at the evidence -- Does homework provide nonacademic benefits? -- "Studies show--" : or do they? -- The questions left unasked -- What we haven't learned about learning -- The "tougher standards" fad hits home -- Better get used to it -- Idle hands -- Rethinking homework -- Making change.

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