Homework Assignment and Assessment Practices in Grade-1 in Public Schools

Abstract

This quantitative survey study tends to explore the current homework
assignment and assessment practices by teachers in Pakistan. It studied
their perceptions regarding importance of homework, purposes of
assigning homework besides the nature of homework assigned and the
types of feedback strategies adopted for homework assessment. The
sample was the 100 (57 females, 43 male) junior school teachers from 08
public schools and 275 (125 males, 150 female) students of 1st class of
Sargodha. Two research instruments Teachers’ questionnaire regarding
homework practices and Homework assessment analysis checklist, were
developed and used on the bases of four factors planning, assigning,
feedback and advantages of homework. It was concluded that the female
teachers were better in planning, assigning and evaluation of homework
than the male teachers. Data obtained from checklist revealed that majority
of the teachers did not focus on written comments, correction of mistakes
and subject relevant comments. Most of the teachers’ assigned revision
based homework and did not focus on other higher purposes of assigning
homework.