Malaysian Parents' Practices and Perspectives on the Organization of School Homework.
The main objective of this descriptive nature study is to paint a picture of Malaysian parents' practices and perspectives towards school homework. Additionally, it determines the amount of time children spend on doing homework and aspects related to the management of homework. The sample of the stu...
| Publicado en: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 1019 - 1038 |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
9/ 1/2013
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=96998844&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 96998844 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01287702 TKQ jtl: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities issn: 01287702 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 9/ 1/2013 vid: 21 iid: 3 pid: 20751 pub: Universiti Putra Malaysia artinfo: ui: 96998844 ppf: 1019 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 337KB tig: atl: Malaysian Parents' Practices and Perspectives on the Organization of School Homework. aug: au: Singh, Parmjit Sidhu, G. K. Chan Yuen Fook affil: Faculty of Education, Campus Section 17, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40200 Shah Alam, Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia su: Homework Statistical sampling Questionnaires Communication Demography Acquisition of data Malaysia sug: subj: Malaysia Homework Statistical sampling Questionnaires Communication Demography Acquisition of data keyword: amount of time homework learning Parents school teaching ab: The main objective of this descriptive nature study is to paint a picture of Malaysian parents' practices and perspectives towards school homework. Additionally, it determines the amount of time children spend on doing homework and aspects related to the management of homework. The sample of the study consisted of 723 parents with children in Primary 3 (aged 9) and Primary 5 (aged 11) from 17 schools selected via a random sampling technique. The instrument used for the study was a self-designed questionnaire comprising three sections: (a) demographic details, (b) parents' perceptions on homework, and (c) open and close-ended questions. Interviews were also conducted to triangulate the data collected from the questionnaire. The results showed that most of the parents viewed school homework as a positive catalyst to help a child learn independently. The majority of parents agreed that doing homework helps improve their children's academic achievement. In terms of time spent in doing homework, the findings indicated that children spent 1.92 hours daily on their school homework, and in terms of communicating with their children's school teachers, approximately 90% of the parents indicated that they hardly communicated with the teachers. The findings also revealed that only 48.9% of the respondents assist their children with homework. In addition, more than two-thirds of the mothers constantly monitor and help their children to complete their homework. It is hoped that the findings will generate further research that can contribute to the area of the practices and perceptions of parents with regards to the organization of school homework. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is the property of Universiti Putra Malaysia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities holder: Universiti Putra Malaysia dt: @attributes: year: 2013 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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