1. Is teaching children good homework habits more helpful than actually helping them with their homework?
2. Should students be expected to do the same work without the same resources?
3. Is autonomy helpful when it comes to homework?
4. Is letting your child turn in homework that’s incorrect actually helping them learn?
5. Is there even a point of homework at such young age?
Bias
My topic is whether or not parents should help their children with homework. I feel that if a child needs help with their homework, then a parent should definitely be there to help them.
Thesis Statement
I feel that if a child needs help with their homework, then a parent should definitely be there to help them.
Purpose
I chose this as my topic because I want to show parents that helping children with their homework can help children develop good working habits, it gives them the help they need, it helps them be prepared for what they will be doing in the classroom, it helps them learn more, and makes them even better parents.
Audience: Parents
Research Process
To research this topic, I went online to www.nytimes.com and found a debate titled “Should Parents Help Their Children with Homework?” I found six people with six different opinions. Some said that parents should help their children form good work habits, but not help them with the actual homework. Others said that homework is just pointless anyway. One made a point that not everyone has the same resources. Then another said just let children learn all on their own. I feel as though half of these people help support my opinion, but the other half do not. So after reading this debate, I came up with five research questions. I searched for the answers to my questions online. I was able to find them on www.cesdp.nmhu.edu and www.alfiekohn.org. I found that helping children with their homework is just as helpful as teaching them good work habits. I also found that it is good for children to work on their homework themselves, but they can’t start off that way. Parents should also help their children if they are doing their homework wrong. Finally, I learned that homework does not even really help children in the future anyway. I will organize all the information I found by first asking the five questions I came up with. Then I will go on to answer these questions using the opinions of people from the debate and also the answers to my questions that I found online.
Resources
www.alfiekohn.org - This source talks about why there is no point in doing homework.
www.cesdp.nmhu.edu - This source talks about what parents can do to help their child with homework.
www.nytimes.com - This source is a debate of whether or not parents should help the children with homework.