Investigating Grade 6 boys
views about homework
Ali Hassan Abusaliby
Why I chose this topic
I was interested in this topic because 
some of my friends do not like homework
and I wanted to find out more.
What I did

I made a
questionnaire to
find out about
homework-- how
much and how
long
How many students do their
homework
Doing hom e w ork
20
18
16
# of students
14
12
10
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8
6
4
2
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Never
Sometimes
Often
Students' response
Always
14 students spent less than one
hour doing their homework
10 students prefer homework
4 days a week
how many days homework per week
number of boy
12
10
8
6
Series1
4
2
0
all
week
5 days 4 days 3 days
number of days
1day
12 students prefer only 1
homework per day
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
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two
three
four
five
homework homework homework homework homework
number of homework
number of students
How many homework do you prefer to have daily
13 students prefer solving math
homework
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
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number of boy
favourite homework subjects
subjects
8 students get help with homework
some of the time
number of boy
how often boys get help with
homework
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6
4
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7 students need help in science
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number of boys
subjects boys need help with
Most boys did not think that
homework increased their
understanding
number of boys
does homework increase
understanding?
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What this all tells me about G6
boys views on homework
•
Most students ( there is no information about
how many boys like and dislike doing homework)
do not like doing homework and spent less than
one hour a day doing H.W. They prefer taking
H.W. of one subject per day.
- Results also indicate that students need help in
doing H.W. of some subject as Science.
- Students prefer doing Mathematics H.W. than
other subjects
Students think 4 days per week are enough to get
H.W. On the other hand, they think H.W. is
useless and does not help them for better
understanding.