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

Main Author: Kohn, Alfie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Life Long, 2006.
Edition:1st Da Capo Press ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • "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.