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  1. Parental involvement in homework: Relations with parent and student achievement‐related motivational beliefs and achievement

    Eleftheria Ν. Gonida, Kai S. Cortina · 2014 · British Journal of Educational Psychology · 285 citations

    BACKGROUND: Parental involvement in homework is a home-based type of involvement in children's education. Research and theory suggest that it is beneficial for learning and achievement under certain conditions and for particular groups of individuals. AIMS: The study examined whether different types of parents' involvement in homework (autonomy support, control, interference, cognitive engagement) (1) are predicted by their mastery and performance goals for their child and their beliefs of the child's academic efficacy, and (2) predict student achievement goal orientations, efficacy beliefs, and achievement. Grade-level differences were also investigated. SAMPLE: The sample consisted of 282

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  2. The Effects of Homework on Learning: A Quantitative Synthesis

    Rosanne A. Paschal, Thomas Weinstein, Herbert J. Walberg · 1984 · The Journal of Educational Research · 270 citations

    This paper synthesizes empirical studies of homework and of various homework strategies on the academic achievement and attitude of elementary and secondary students. A computer search yielded 15 published and unpublished studies with explicit statistical results. Fifty-four characteristics of treatments, contexts, conditions, validity, and outcomes were coded for each study. About 85% of the effect sizes favored the homework groups. The mean effect size is .36 (probability less than .0001). Homework that was graded or contained teachers' comments produced stronger effects (.80).

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  6. Homework and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review of research

    Gökhan Baş, Cihad Şentürk, Fatih Mehmet Ciğerci · 2017 · Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University Institutional Repository · 46 citations

    The main purpose of this study was to determine the effect of homework assignments on students' academic achievement. This meta-analysis sought an answer to the research question: What kind of effect does homework assignment have on students' academic achievement levels? In this research, meta-analysis was adopted to determine the effect of homework assignments on students' academic achievement. The effect sizes of the studies included in the meta-analysis were compared with regard to their methodological characteristics (research design, sample size, and publication bias) and substantive characteristics (course type, grade level, duration of implementation, instructional level, socioeconomi

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  7. Homework and Academic Achievement in Latin America: A Multilevel Approach

    Rubén Fernández-Alonso, Pamela Woitschach, Marcos Álvarez-Díaz, et al. · 2019 · Frontiers in Psychology · 38 citations

    The relationship between homework and academic results has been widely researched. Most of that research has used English-speaking, European or Asian samples, and to date there have been no detailed studies into that relationship in Latin America and the Caribbean. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of quantitative homework characteristics on achievement in science. The sample comprised 61,938 students at 2,955 schools in the 15 Latin American countries (plus the Mexican state of New Leon) which participated in the Third Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (TERCE), carried out by the Latin American Laboratory for Educational Quality (LLECE) in 2013. The mean age was 12.42

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  9. Time Spent on Homework and Academic Achievement: A Meta-analysis Study Related to Results of TIMSS

    Gülnar Özyıldırım · 2021 · Psicologí a Educativa · 30 citations

    Homework is a common instructional technique that requires extra time, energy, and effort apart from school time. Is homework worth these investments? The study aimed to investigate whether the amount of time spent on homework had any effect on academic achievement and to determine moderators in the relationship between these two terms by using TIMSS data through the meta-analysis method. In this meta-analysis study, data obtained from 488 independent findings from 74 countries in the seven surveys of TIMSS and a sample of 429,970 students was included. The coefficient of standardized means, based on the random effect model, was used to measure the mean effect size and the Q statistic was us

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  12. Homework Involvement and Academic Achievement of Native and Immigrant Students

    Natalia Suárez, Bibiana Regueiro, Joyce L. Epstein, et al. · 2016 · Frontiers in Psychology · 13 citations

    Homework is a debated issue in society and its relationship with academic achievement has been deeply studied in the last years. Nowadays, schools are multicultural stages in which students from different cultures and ethnicities work together. In this sense, the present study aims to compare homework involvement and academic achievement in a sample of native and immigrant students, as well as to study immigrant students' relationship between homework involvement and Math achievement. The sample included 1328 students, 10-16 years old from Spanish families (85.6%) or immigrant students or students of immigrant origin (14.4%) from South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The study was develop

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  13. Investigating Students’ Academic Motivation, Homework, and Academic Achievement in an Online General Chemistry II Course

    Joshua A. Jaison, Kaeryn A. Cruz, Yujuan Liu · 2025 · Journal of Chemical Education · 11 citations

    High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide This study investigated students’ academic motivation, homework, and academic achievement in an online General Chemistry II course. Seven types of motivation were assessed using the Academic Motivation Scale toward Chemistry (AMS-Chemistry), which is grounded in Self-Determination Theory. Weekly homework assignments were used as low-stake formative assessments to promote student learning, and final exam points measured academic achievement. Responses to AMS-Chemistry demonstrated good validity and reliability in the online environment, revealing that students were generally motivated toward chemistry with the highest rating on identified reg

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  14. The Role of Parenting Styles in Schoolchildren’s Homework Motivation, Homework Behavior, and Academic Achievement

    Tamara O. Gordeeva, Darina M. Nechaeva, Oleg A. Sychev · 2025 · Psychology in Russia: State of the Art · 2 citations

    Background. Previous research highlights the importance of parental support, and in particular parental autonomy support, in homework motivation. However, the joint impact of parental autonomy support and parental control on homework motivation, cheating, persistence, and GPA has not been studied, despite the importance of homework motivation and homework behavior for students’ academic achievement. Objective. To investigate how students’ parental control and parental autonomy support are related to homework motivation and homework behaviors (e.g., cheating and persistence), and academic achievement in Russian high school students. Design. The participants were high school students, N = 526

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  15. The effect of E-homework on K-12 students’ academic achievements: a meta-analysis study

    Zhiping Yang, Yating Yu, Ruyi Chen · 2026 · Frontiers in Psychology · 1 citations

    Although E-homework has gained increasing popularity with the digital transformation of education, its actual effectiveness remains widely debated in academia. This study employed a meta-analysis to comprehensively evaluate the impact of E-homework on K-12 students’ academic achievements based on experimental research conducted between 2000 and 2025. Literature was sourced from Chinese databases (CNKI, Wanfang, etc.) and English databases (Web of Science, Science Direct, etc.), resulting in the inclusion of 26 empirical studies that met predefined criteria. In addition to the overall effect analysis, subgroup analyses were conducted. The results revealed a significant positive effect of E-ho

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  16. The relationship between homework and academic achievement

    David Córdoba · 2013 · Texas ScholarWorks (Texas Digital Library) · 1 citations

    Homework has been a topic of interest in the public, research and educational arenas throughout the last decades. Yet, researchers disagree on the influence of homework on academic achievement and its value as an instructional technique. Similarly, educators, parents and policymakers have debated on the appropriate amount of homework that students should have, if any. This report reviews the literature on the relationship between homework and academic achievement. Starting from an overview of the historic views of homework in the US and the early literature on the topic, this report provides a thorough analysis of recent literature (post-1980 studies), including factors mediating the effect

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  19. Effect of Absenteeism and Homework on Academic Achievement of Statistic Lesson

    Hasan Önder · 2025 · Black Sea Journal of Public and Social Science

    The aim of this study was to determine the effect of absenteeism and homework on academic achievement of statistic lesson given to Agricultural Faculty students. The data of this study was consist of 2407 individual records. To analyze the data Kruskal-Wallis H test and Mann-Whitney U test were used for the posterior test. To obtain the odds-ratio Generalized Estimating Equations were used. After three missing lesson success probability decreased to 85.1% and each missing lesson on that value decreased the probability of achievement 15.2%. Making only one homework increased the achievement 2.5 times. The second homework had 2.44 times effect on achievement according to one homework. The thir

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  20. Supporting Homework: Reverence or Profanity on Students’ Academic Achievements

    Pitambar Paudel · 2022 · International Journal on Studies in Education

    The role of homework in students’ academic achievement has become matter of discussion for the decades. In this sphere, this research tried to investigate the role of homework in students’ academic achievement from learners’ perspectives with sequential explanatory mixed research design. Survey questionnaire and unstructured interview were used as the tools of data collection and 400 secondary level students from both public and institutional schools from a district of Nepal were the sample population. Two datasets; quantitative and qualitative were collected and analyzed sequentially. The findings of the research reveal that homework can enhance students’ academic achievement but the tradit

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  21. Influence of Parents’ Supervision of Homework and its Influence on Academic Achievement of Pupils in Public Primary Schools

    Zadock Obuchere Murundu, Habwenje Henry Murundu · 2020 · IAR Journal of Humanities and Social Science

    Parents’ supervision of their children’s homework plays a crucial role in the implementation of a curriculum and academic achievement of pupils in public primary schools. Despite the impotence that may accrue from parental involvement in academic affairs of their children, more than 55% of parents in many countries of the world don’t care about what their children’s learning after school leading to poor performance of pupils in Primary schools. The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of parents’ supervision of homework on academic achievement of pupils in public primary schools. It was based on sequential explanatory research design. It consisted of 300 teachers, 1,210 parents,

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  23. Small Effect Size Korelasi antara Grit dan Academic Achievement

    Christine Maryonita Prahendadmoko · 2024 · Jurnal Sublimapsi

    Abstrak : Analisis ini bertujuan untuk mereview hubungan antara grit dan prestasi akademik. Tinjauan meta analisis yang dilakukan, melalui 15 studi jurnal yang diterbitkan di jurnal internasional dengan total jumlah 6.166 responden. Dari proses analisis yang dilakukan, diperoleh hasil uji statistik yang menunjukkan bahwa effect size correlation yang dimiliki adalah small effect size yaitu sebagai berikut, effect size = 0,175 (95% CI = 0,108 sampai 0,243) dengan tingkat kepercayaan (confidence interval) = 95%, inconsistency (I2) yaitu 82,24% dan egger regression sebesar P=0,585. Perhitungan menggunakan moderator kategori jenis kelamin dan level kelas, menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat bias pub

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