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Welcome to our professional development Wikispace. Our topic for the summer is Homework - Mindbuilding or Timefilling? In this session, each participant will read articles pertaining to homework. Click on any of the links to read an article. If you find another article, email it to me, and I will add it to the page.

. http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/rethinkinghomework.htm
 * Rethinking Homework by Alfie Kohn**

http://www.ascd.org/affiliates/articles/cl200309_checkley.html
 * When Homework Works by Kathy Checkley**

http://jep.csus.edu/journal2003/paper4.htm
 * Is Homework 'All that and a Bag of Chips?': The Variables Required for Effective Homework Practices**

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr373.shtml
 * Students Rule With 'Design Your Own Homework'**

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=6111
 * Attitudes of parents and teachers about homework**

Series Examines Increasing Workload for Young Students http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2003/mar/homework/index.html
 * Homework: How Much is Too Much?**

http://www.marzanoandassociates.com/pdf/homework.pdf
 * The Case For and Against Homework**

This Encarta article presents supports for reasonable homework and counterpoints against homework. http://encarta.msn.com/column_toomuchhomework/Homework_Too_Much_of_a_Good_Thing.html
 * Homework: Too Much of a Good Thing?**

Germany, Japan, and the United States** [|Phi Delta Kappa International Online Edition] The widely-published results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study showcased the differences in achievement levels among students in 41 different countries. The author of this article investigates and discusses the research, including the misunderstanding of the definition of homework. http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kste9803.htm
 * A Study of Three Cultures:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/03/980304073520.htm http://www.education.umn.edu/CAREI/Reports/Rpractice/Summer94/homework.html
 * Articles from Adele-**

[|www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091100908.html]
 * The nation's best-known researcher on homework has taken a new look at the subject, and here is what Duke University professor Harris Cooper has to say:**

http://www.time.com/time/2003/kids/homework.html
 * Homework Ate My Family**

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JVP/is_75/ai_n16419814
 * CLOSING THE BOOK ON HOMEWORK: ENHANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND FREEING FAMILY TIME**

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/
 * Changing the Homework Default**

Waldman, Ayelet. **“Homework Hell.”** Salon.com. October 22, 2005. Available at: [|www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/10/22/homework/print.html].

http://www.alfiekohn.org/articles.htm#null

Vatterott, Cathy. “**There’s Something Wrong With Homework**.” //Principal//, January-February 2003: 64. Available at: http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=659.

http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/site/c.kjJXJ5MPIwE/b.2479409/k.BF59/Research_review_What_research_says_about_the_value_of_homework.htm
 * Article from Cathy**