Attitudes Towards Homework

Abstract

This study on “Attitudes Towards Homework” conducted in Sixteen privatehigh schools of Kathmandu valley has aimed at presenting the attitudes of teachers and students towards homework and to recommend some pedagogical implications. The researcher selected 160 students and 40 English teachers from 16 private high schools of Kathmandu valley. He used two sets of questionnaires consisting closed ended questions in order to collect the required information, which was expected to meet the objectives of the study.He met all 160 students and 40 teachers personally and requested them to fill up the questionnaires. The data collected from them were analyzed and interpreted to find out the attitudes of teachers and students towards homework.The most important conclusion drawn out from this study is that both the students and teachers had positive attitudes towards homework. Reading was the best and only worthwhile homework for students. Chapter one introduces the study in terms of general background, review of related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Chapter two deals with the methodology applied to carry out the research work. It consists of sources of data, sample population and sampling procedures, tools for data collections, process of data collections and limitations of the study.Chapter three presents the analysis and interpretation of the data. Chapter four discusses the findings of the study. Some recommendations and pedagogical implications are made on the basis of the findings. References and appendices are included at the end. x