The issue of assigning homework is controversial in terms of its purpose, what to assign, the amount of time needed to complete it, parental involvement, its actual affect on learning and achievement, ...

Students in China's primary and secondary schools spend an average of three hours poring over homework assignments every day, twice the global average, according to a report by a Chinese online ...

The Chinese curriculum really is more difficult. We’ve all experienced math anxiety at one time or another. However, one Chinese father became so frustrated while supervising his son’s homework that ...

When it comes to adolescents with math and science homework, more isn't necessarily better -- an hour a day is optimal -- but doing it alone and regularly produces the biggest knowledge gain, ...

HANGZHOU — A tech company in East China's Zhejiang province has developed the software which can free parents from checking math assignments. The app, "Love Homework," was developed by Hangzhou Dana.

The optimal amount of homework for 13-year-old students is about an hour a day, a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Educational Psychology suggests. And spending too much time on ...