Online vs traditional homework: A systematic review on the benefits to students’ performance
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Online vs traditional homework: A systematic review on the benefits to students’ performance
Magalhães, P., Ferreira, D., Cunha, J., & Rosário, P. (2020). Online vs traditional homework: A systematic review on the benefits to students’ performance. Computers and Education, 152, 103869-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103869
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103869
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[edit] Context
The COVID-19 Pandemic gave educational institutions many unprecedented challenges to continue to their jobs. Schools and universities were quickly closed as the onset of the virus quickly began shutting the world down. Educators were determined to ensure their students could still receive education from home. This has since prompted much debate on if students are more prolific in their studying if they can do it from the comfort of their home versus having to come to school early in the morning every day. The article "Online vs traditional homework: A systematic review on the benefits to students’ performance" explores the advantages of online and traditional homework in educational settings. With technology continuing to become more prevalent in our lives, it is important to take a look at how much technology can help students learn. This study investigates whether online homework and education formats have a positive impact on student performance compared to traditional homework methods. The authors of the article, Paula Magalhaes, Diogo Ferreira, Jennifer Cunha and Pedro Rosario aimed to provide insights into studying and their benefits online versus in person for students trying to learn.
[edit] Overview
The article "Online vs traditional homework: A systematic review on the benefits to students’ performance" conducts a systematic review of many different studies to compare the impact of online and traditional homework on student performance. These studies were mainly encompassed by college students from various different places. The authors used a research design technique in which they gave different groups homework in different ways to observe how it would be done and to what level of success. Many different factors like location and program were taken into account to try to see if online or in person education yielded better results. The article revealed that about half of the studies found no signifanct performance differences between online and traditional work. However, nine studies favoured online homework, and only one study supported the opposite. This article emphasized that there is likely a correlation between improved results and doing homework online, but does need more research. The article itself does disclaim that while these results can be promising, further exploration into these ideas and opportunities to change learning is needed before making serious changes.
[edit] Strengths and Weaknesses
There are a number of strengths in this article to discuss. The review is comprehensive and systematic. It includes a large volume of studies with many different diverse approaches. The research objectives are clear and well-defined, with a lot of focus on understanding which format could benefit student performance more. The course content was also diverse. Studies were included for students from many different fields of study such as math, business and sciences. This means a better variety of student to attain information from. The review covers a variety of online platforms and offers insights into what the different methods of implementation could yield. Finally, the article also touches upon the potential educational implications of doing online homework and what this could mean for students and teachers alike. There are a few weaknesses in the article however. Due to the nature of the article and how the authors did their research, there is limited consistency in the review. There is not too many diverse methods uses. This lead to a lack of negative findings, which does signal good news for those that believe in doing homework from home. However, the lack of negative findings could imply bias in the study. The article did not delve too deeply into individual experiences among different students and how that could have effected results. Not too many different platforms were used either. There are many different platforms to do school work from now, so analyzing more platforms could have diversified and improved the quailty of this study. I know some students that liked using Sakai better than Brightspace and vice versa, this can certainly affect a students performance on homework. Overall, the article offers a valuable systematic review of the topic but could benefit from a more detailed exploration of negative findings and a deeper examination of different online homework platforms.
[edit] Assessment
In conclusion, this article does its best to accomplish its objective of examining the benefits of online homework compared to traditional homework. The study addressed key research questions and got its findings from various fields. It provides an overview of the topic of online homework and provides a well made analysis of the topic. The study delves into some of the important variables to this question such as participants and methods of study, and offers strengths and weaknesses for both formats. This article is a valuable resource for students, educators, researchers, and policymakers interested in enhancing student learning through embracing technology for homework and schooling purposes. Additionally, the study underscores the need for more research in this area to further understand the impact on student performance as it draws attention to the lack of research that has been done as of yet in this topic. This article contributes to the ongoing discussion on online versus traditional homework and offers valuable insights for those seeking a deeper understanding of how technology is shaping educational practices.
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