Homework is a waste of time

"-> By improving his linguistic skills the student is developing an ability he will use on multiple subjects, including future ones. By contrast, homework is solely subject-specific and therefore by comparison a waste of time." Your point does not solely disprove the relation between homework and linguistic skills. If a maths word problem was given to a student. He would have to use his linguistic skills to properly diferrentiate what the problem wanted him to solve. Thus he can further use this skill to apply this to a variety of subjects such as science and comprehension. "Then students will take a practice sheet, homework, and practice the step they learn in class. They do not need to fully understand the subtleties of the word problems but merely to copy what they learned in class." One must have an understanding of the underlying theories of the problem. For example, 1+1= 2 requires you to have an understanding of addition and numerical values. If homework is not designed to teach students theories. They are designed to apply theories in class and apply them practically, which is a vital skill to be learnt. "-> You source is not academic, it just a random website you found by looking for something to supports your perspectives on the internet." Changeminds is an organisation, this itself should add some credibility to the quote. As i cannot verify that the 2 sources u state are accurate (my browser does not seem to want to open the page) Your opinion about psychometrics being unreliable should be backed with a valid source to prove that its invalid. The quote is actually from William Glasser, a qualified American psychiatrist. (2) A psychiatrist quotes are still relevant as the quote refers to the brains capacity to process and store information when looking through books.(1) "One this websites two sources is "Dale E. 1969. Cone of experience, in Educational Media: Theory into Practice" which is a 45 year old article about how to put a PAST theory in practice. It is not putting a theory forth or testing it but merely assuming it to be true." As you have not put any sources forward disproving the theory, the theory itself is still sound. "This is why reading the textbook is more important as it will give the student the rational behind the course material thus making it easier for him distinguish the different problems." As I've said before in previous rounds, you are assuming that students will simply memorize and understand the theory just by reading the concept in a textbook. This theory is backed by the quote from WIlliam Glasser. Conclusion Opponents arguments Homework is a waste of time because: A students time is better spent doing other things then doing homework Their time is better spent developing social skills. Students only use a small portion of their knowledge in the workforce My arguments Homework isn't a waste of time because: It helps put theories into practical activities. Doing homework leads to better grades which then leads to better job Reinforces good perseverance habits My successfully rebutted points included Social skills do not contribute to a better job A student's time is better spent doing homework over other activities (such as healthy eating) Shout out to my opponent who respectfully debated his topic and (with the exception of the forefeit) a very intriguing debate. (1) http://thinkexist.com... (2) https://www.google.com.au...