Positive + Negative Effects of Homework.

📣Negative HW effects come from prolonged knowledge gaps (Read: Why HW is Not Enough to Improve in Math. HERE).

This is because knowledge gaps do not disappear.

They grow. 😵‍💫

🥵 It leaves your child climbing a steep uphill with little to no improvement.

Positive effects

• Retention of information (a review tool)

• Increased understanding (from practice)

• Create study + time management habits

• Self-validation + sense of accomplishment

• Independent problem solving

Negative effects

• Physical and emotional Fatigue (stress)

• Loss of interest in the subject

• Burn out

• Miss out on leisure, family activities (social development)

• Cheating just to have something to turn in

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