Stanford University<\/p>\n
The College Puzzle<\/p>\n
A College Success Blog by Dr. Michael E. Kirst<\/p>\n
Homework Insufficient In USA Secondary schools<\/p>\n
April 17th, 2013<\/p>\n
Guest Blogger: Will Fitzhugh<\/p>\n
The most important variable in student academic achievement is, of course, student academic work.<\/p>\n
Indiana University’s High School Survey of Student Engagement found that:<\/p>\n
of (U.S.) Public High School kids: [143,000 surveyed) in 2008<\/p>\n
82.7% spend 5 or fewer hours a week on written homework…
\n42.5% spend an hour or less each week on homework…<\/p>\n
Korean students spend, on average, 15 hours a week on homework,
\nadded to 10 hours a week of hagwon after school = 25 hours a week.<\/p>\n
[i.e. 25 times the time some U.S. HS students spend, or at least 5 times as much as the great majority of U.S. HS students…]<\/p>\n
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