纽约一小学取消家庭作业
<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="elementary">elementary</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Cityhas">Cityhas</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span> <span word="giving">giving</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="homework">homework</span>.</p><p>纽约一所公立小学日前宣布，停止给学生布置家庭作业。</p><p><span word="P">P</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. 116 <span word="Principal">Principal</span> <span word="Jane">Jane</span> <span word="Hsu">Hsu</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="letter">letter</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="detailing">detailing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span>, <span word="explaining">explaining</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="analyzing">analyzing</span> <span word="studies">studies</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="concluded">concluded</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="students">students</span>’ <span word="after">after</span>-<span word="school">school</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="activities">activities</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="pace">pace</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="playing">playing</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="assignments">assignments</span>.</p><p>公立116小学（<span word="P">P</span>.<span word="S">S</span>.116）华裔校长许简上个月在给家长们的信中阐述了这一决定，并解释称，学校在经过一年多的研究分析后得出如下结论：学生的课余时间应该用来玩耍，或是按照自己的节奏阅读，而不该是做作业。</p><p><span word="Hsu">Hsu</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="letter">letter</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="indicate">indicate</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="connection">connection</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="homework">homework</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="academic">academic</span> <span word="success">success</span>. <span word="Indeed">Indeed</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="link">link</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="homework">homework</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="dubious">dubious</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="primary">primary</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="level">level</span>.</p><p>许简在信中写道，不少研究表明，家庭作业与学业表现并无关联。事实上，有一些研究表明，在小学阶段，家庭作业与学科成绩之间的相关性并不明显。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="seminal">seminal</span> 1989 <span word="study">study</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="homework">homework</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Harris">Harris</span> <span word="Cooper">Cooper</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="psychologist">psychologist</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="researches">researches</span> <span word="education">education</span>, <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="homework">homework</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="perform">perform</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="older">older</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="grades">grades</span>, <span word="students">students</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="homework">homework</span> <span word="performed">performed</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 2006, <span word="Cooper">Cooper</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="analyzed">analyzed</span> 15 <span word="years">years</span>' <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="effectiveness">effectiveness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="homework">homework</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="homework">homework</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="aged">aged</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="identified">identified</span> <span word="stronger">stronger</span> <span word="correlations">correlations</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="homework">homework</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="achievement">achievement</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="grades">grades</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="through">through</span> 12 <span word="than">than</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="kindergarten">kindergarten</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="sixth">sixth</span> <span word="grade">grade</span>.</p>
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