Publication Date
7-2015
Document Type
Project
Degree
Master of Arts in Education (MA)
MA Concentration
Teaching Mathematics
Keywords
Homework, choice, math instruction, changing criterion design
Advisors
Linda Haymes, Pamela A. Redmond, Jim O'Connor
Abstract
Homework and choice have both been found to be beneficial to student achievement. However giving students choices on their homework assignments has not been researched as thoroughly. The purpose of this study was to look at the effect of allowing students to self-select their homework problems on homework completion and accuracy rates. Using a changing criterion design, students from a non-college prep geometry class were given an opportunity to choose the problems they completed on their homework assignments. The number of problems needed to be completed accurately started at two out of ten problems and increased in each phase. Overall, the study was not effective. Allowing students to choose which homework problems they completed did not improve completion or accuracy rates.
Recommended Citation
Rice, K. (2015). The Effects of Self-Selection of Homework Problems on Homework Completion and Accuracy Rates. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/tucgsoe/120
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