Less than 1 percent of the students said homework was not a stressor.
Forty-three percent viewed tests as a primary stressor, while 33 percent put the pressure to get good grades in that category.
Greater stress: 56 percent of the students considered homework a primary source of stress, according to the survey data. Their study found that too much homework is associated with: They cite prior research indicating that homework benefits plateau at about two hours per night, and that 90 minutes to two and a half hours is optimal for high school. Pope and her colleagues found that too much homework can diminish its effectiveness and even be counterproductive. "The findings address how current homework practices in privileged, high-performing schools sustain students' advantage in competitive climates yet hinder learning, full engagement and well-being," Pope wrote. Students in these schools average about 3.1 hours of homework each night. Median household income exceeded $90,000 in these communities, and 93 percent of the students went on to college, either two-year or four-year. Along with the survey data, Pope and her colleagues used open-ended answers to explore the students' views on homework. The researchers used survey data to examine perceptions about homework, student well-being and behavioral engagement in a sample of 4,317 students from 10 high-performing high schools in upper-middle-class California communities. "Our findings on the effects of homework challenge the traditional assumption that homework is inherently good," wrote Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and a co-author of a study published in the Journal of Experimental Education. A Stanford education researcher found that too much homework can negatively affect kids, especially their lives away from school, where family, friends and activities matter.
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