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The homework myth : why our kids get too much of a bad thing / Alfie Kohn.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Cambridge, Mass.?] : Da Capo Lifelong ; London : Perseus Running [distributor], 2007.Description: vi, 250 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780738211114 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.30281 22
LOC classification:
  • LB1048
Summary: Drawing on data which suggest that homework offers little real benefit, Alfie Kohn argues that we should rethink what happens during and after school in order to rescue our families and our children's love of learning.
List(s) this item appears in: Teaching and Learning
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Reference The Harden Library, King's Hospital Storage 371.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Staff Room for Teacher use R14653X0499

Originally published: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-242) and index.

Drawing on data which suggest that homework offers little real benefit, Alfie Kohn argues that we should rethink what happens during and after school in order to rescue our families and our children's love of learning.

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