Homework, Sleep, and the Student Brain | Edutopia - 101 views
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The biggest contributor to the length of a student's homework is task switching.
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When a student chooses to check their text, respond and then possibly take an extended dive into social media, they lose a percentage of the learning that has already happened. As a result, when they return to the AP essay or honors geometry proof, they need to retrace their learning in order to catch up to where they were. This jump, between homework and social media, is actually extending the time a student spends on an assignment.