Eng102 Unit 3 Reading Comprehension

1. The only people who opposed homework when it was first introduced were

teachers.

2. Homework has generally been considered by parents, educators, and others as

an essential element of educating students.

3. Harris Cooper, a professor at Duke University, is against giving students

homework.

4. Harris Cooper asserts that there is no relationship between completing your

homework and your academic success.

5. According to “the 10-minute rule," students in grade 9 should spend 110

minutes per day on homework.

6. According to Cooper's study, doing homework significantly increased student

achievement.

7. Some researchers found no distinction between students who did their

homework and those who did not in terms of their course grades.

8. According to Harris Cooper, arguments about homework seldom lead to better

educational achievement for students.

9. According to Alfie Kohn, assigning students an assignment does not cause them

to learn more.

10. The author agrees that by assigning less homework of higher quality, you can

improve your students' learning outcomes.