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Author Kohn, Alfie.

Title The homework myth : why our kids get too much of a bad thing / Alfie Kohn.

Imprint Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Life Long, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  371.30281 K827h 2006    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  371.302 Koh    ---  Available
Edition 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Description v, 250 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-242) and index.
Contents "Missing out on their childhoods" -- Does homework improve learning? : a fresh look at the evidence -- Does homework provide nonacademic benefits? -- "Studies show--" : or do they? -- The questions left unasked -- What we haven't learned about learning -- The "tougher standards" fad hits home -- Better get used to it -- Idle hands -- Rethinking homework -- Making change.
Source Micro-M 01.2002 PARS
Subject Homework.
Study skills.
ISBN 0738210854
9780738210858
Standard No. YDXCP 2451875
NZ1 10998638

 
    
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