Moosa, Visal and Muhammad Sani, Ibrahim
(2015)
PUPILS’ PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES IN PERFORMING
HOMEWORK IN SCHOOLS OF MALDIVES.
PROCEEDINGS 3rd REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.
pp. 71-91.
Abstract
Development of schools’, teachers’ and parents’ understanding of pupils’ perceptions
and practices in performing homework is crucial for helping pupils improve
homework management, thereby improving school achievement. This study adapts the
Model of Achievement-related Choices by Eccles, Barber, Updegraff, and O'Brien, as
a conceptual framework to investigate the difference in pupils’ perceptions and
practices – by gender, grade level and academic level of the parents – and its
relationship to academic achievement. The quantitative study uses a survey
questionnaire to collect data from a sample of 137 Grade Four and 188 Grade Eight
students in one particular atoll in Maldives. The findings reveal that significant
differences in perceptions and practices do exist by gender and grade level of
students. The relationship between pupils’ homework practices and achievement is
significant. While the relationship between pupils’ perceptions and achievement is
significant for the fourth grade students, it is not significant for the eighth graders. It
is proposed that future researches in this domain should engage qualitative
approaches as well, in order to understand the phenomena better. Based on the
findings of this study, it is suggested that schools should formulate their homework
policies accomodating for the differences that are evident between various age
groups and gender.
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