One in 10 children report spending multiple hours on homework. There are no benefits of this additional work, but it could leave a negative impact on health.
Students’ academic goals play an important role in cheating.
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Is academic cheating inevitable? Not in classrooms where teachers emphasize mastery of content.
Children struggle to develop the basic “building blocks” of maths if they’re just copying down everything the teacher tells them without understanding it.
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When rote learning and parroted answers replace real engagement with the material, children are bound to battle with maths. After-school homework clubs offer a different way of thinking.
Students are encouraged to cheat when they see people getting rewarded for dishonest acts in society.
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