Interactive Science Homework Promotes Student Success Homework is an everyday part of school life. Studies show that middle and high school students who spend more time on homework and complete their assignments tend to earn higher grades. Despite this fact, all parties involved express concerns.
Students complain that they are assigned too much homework.
Parents report that they want to help their children with homework, but feel unprepared to do so and need more guidance from the school. Teachers say that many students do not complete homework assignments. TIPS differs from traditional homework because assignments require students to conduct interactions with a family partner. TIPS activities are assigned weekly or twice monthly, and students have several days to complete the assignments. Students are guided in how to involve family partners in conversations, experiments, or discussions that take students about 30 minutes to complete.