Factors that influence primary school teachers when sending homework to students in the Region of Murcia (Spain)
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https://doi.org/10.21814/rpe.19267Keywords:
homework, students, elementary school, teachersAbstract
The objective of this article is to define the influencing factors in elementary school teachers by proposing homework to students. The study was conducted with a sample of 93 teachers in active service in the Region of Murcia (Spain), who answered a validated questionnaire, through an expert judgment by the Angoff method (Ricker, 2006), which consisted of 35 questions. The analysis of data related to the factors defined such as: Family Involvement, Personal Feelings, Staff Decisions and Assumptions; taking into account the variables defined as: frequency of homework, activities per week and needed to do homework, help us to conclude that there are decisive factors for teachers when proposing homework to their students and these factors are conditioned by the number of days per week that teachers assign homework to their students, the estimated number of activities per week assigned to students, and the time needed to complete the task.
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