Students' Attitudes toward Homework in Amman City Schools

Students' Attitudes toward Homework in Amman City Schools

Ibrahim El-Shar'a, Osama Abed

i.shara@ju.edu.jo

Received : 18-09-2007 , Accepted : 27-02-2008

Language: Arabic

Abstract

This study investigated students' attitudes toward homework in Amman City schools, and whether those attitudes are related to gender, grade level, achievement level, and school type. To accomplish the study goals, a questionnaire of six domains was developed and distributed to 1467 students in public and private schools. In general, results revealed that students held positive attitudes toward homework. Findings also indicated that there were statistically significant mean differences (?=0.05) in students' attitudes towards homework with respect to achievement level and school type, whereas no statistically significant mean differences were found with respect to gender and grade level. According to study results and their interpretation, it is recommended that homework should be varied for the reinforcement of positive attitudes among students with good and excellent achievement.

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