ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ASSIGNMENTS ACCORDING TO PARENTS’ OPINIONS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the opinions of the parents of elementary school stu-dents in term of advantages and disadvantages of home assignments. The study group of this study consists of parents having students in primary schools in the central districts of Konya in 2017-2018 academic year. 24 students’ parents selected with maximum diversity sampling from the purposive sampling methods were included in the study group. Research data were collected by interview. The researchers prepared the semi-structured interview form for the interviews. The research adopted a qualitative approach exploring a case study and data were analyzed by content analysis technique. The themes obtained as a result of the research; the meaning of homework, the nature of homework, the positive aspects of homework and the negative aspects of homework.

Keywords

• Student Assignments
• Parent Opinions,
• Case Study

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