Does Homework Perpetuate Inequities in Education?

While most 15-year-old students spend part of their after-school time doing homework, the amount of time they spend on it shrank between 2003 and 2012. Socio-economically advantaged students and students who attend socio-economically advantaged schools tend to spend more time doing homework. While t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-)
Format: eBook Section
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 2014.
Series:PISA in Focus, no.46.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009704790106719
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Summary:While most 15-year-old students spend part of their after-school time doing homework, the amount of time they spend on it shrank between 2003 and 2012. Socio-economically advantaged students and students who attend socio-economically advantaged schools tend to spend more time doing homework. While the amount of homework assigned is associated with mathematics performance among students and schools, other factors are more important in determining the performance of school systems as a whole.
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 p. )