Primary homework 'may not help' By Liz Lightfoot Education Correspondent 28 June 2001 • 12:01am HOMEWORK for primary school children does not necessarily improve their performance, according to ...

Parents might have graduated from the classroom years ago, but whether they like it or not, mums, dads and guardians get to relive their schooldays via their children's homework. Whatever parents ...

Does homework help or hinder young children? Some cultures have normalised long periods of studying for primary age children, but there is no evidence to show this has clear academic benefits.

However, it is possible that setting homework for primary school children has benefits that cannot be easily measured, such as developing responsibility and independent problem-solving skills.

On the other hand, in 2013, Australian academics Richard Walker and Mike Horsley published Reforming Homework, in which they reviewed international research and found that for young primary school ...

And for primary school children at least, it may be that schools setting homework is more trouble than it’s worth. There is evidence that homework can be useful at secondary school .