Teachers also believe homework assignments inform parents about class work (Bryan, Burstein & Bryan, 2001). ... Organizational problems may affect getting the assignment and bringing it home, gathering the materials necessary to complete the assignment and bringing it back to school. ... Some of these include: one-on-one assistance, adjusting the length of the assignment, providing a peer tutor, providing learning tools and giving fewer assignments (Bryan & Burstein, 2001). ... These include writing the assignment on the chalkboard, explaining the assignment clearly, assigning homework in smal...

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Let me ask you: what are your children doing while they are working on the homework assignment? ... It means if your children are writing and essay and watching a TV show "simultaneously", the quality of the essay would decline significantly, compared to if they just thought about the essay. ... Spending some productive quality time on the assignments means doing more in less time, which also leaves them time to do the things they love using technology without distractions of schoolwork....

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