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Quality of Feedback, Not Homework Key To Student's Achievement
Auckland University professor John Hattie, who authored the study, said that homework, class size or school type did not help determine a child's academic success.
In the analysis involving 50,000 previous studies and a total of 83 million students, number one was "self-reporting" when the student knows exactly how well they are doing.
Student-teacher interaction at schools came out on top.
The strategy involving students taking turns to teach the class, and teachers doing post-mortems on their own lessons can help determine students' achievements.
While most parents think that class size, school type, homework and a student's diet and exercise are a key, the new study suggests that all these could help improve the quality of the interaction in a classroom, but are not nearly as effective as the feedback.
Hattie recommends parents to fret less about which school their child attends, and worry about the quality of individual teachers, especially their ability to give useful feedback.
"Ask your kids constantly what feedback have you got from your teachers? Don't ask `what have you learned?' Encourage them to look for feedback," the NZPA quoted Hattie as saying.
He also suggests that rewarding the teachers for their excellence by boosting their salaries would motivate them to work harder and foster an environment of trust in the classroom.
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