Suárez Natalia, Regueiro Bibiana, Epstein Joyce L, Piñeiro Isabel, Díaz Sara M, Valle Antonio
Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo Oviedo, Spain.
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of A Coruña A Coruña, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2016 Oct 4;7:1517. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01517. eCollection 2016.
Homework is a debated issue in society and its relationship with academic achievement has been deeply studied in the last years. Nowadays, schools are multicultural stages in which students from different cultures and ethnicities work together. In this sense, the present study aims to compare homework involvement and academic achievement in a sample of native and immigrant students, as well as to study immigrant students' relationship between homework involvement and Math achievement. The sample included 1328 students, 10-16 years old from Spanish families (85.6%) or immigrant students or students of immigrant origin (14.4%) from South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The study was developed considering three informants: elementary and secondary students, their parents and their teachers. Results showed higher involvement in homework in native students than in immigrant. Between immigrants students, those who are more involved in homework have better academic achievement in Math at secondary grades. There weren't found gender differences on homework involvement, but age differences were reported. Immigrant students are less involved in homework at secondary grades that students in elementary grades. The study highlights the relevance of homework involvement in academic achievement in immigrant students.
家庭作业在社会上是一个备受争议的问题，近年来其与学业成绩的关系已得到深入研究。如今，学校是多元文化的场所，来自不同文化和种族的学生在此共同学习。从这个意义上说，本研究旨在比较本地学生和移民学生样本中的家庭作业参与度与学业成绩，并研究移民学生的家庭作业参与度与数学成绩之间的关系。样本包括1328名10至16岁的学生，其中85.6%来自西班牙家庭，14.4%是来自南美洲、欧洲、非洲和亚洲的移民学生或移民家庭出身的学生。该研究涉及三类信息提供者：中小学生、他们的父母和他们的老师。结果显示，本地学生比移民学生对家庭作业的参与度更高。在移民学生中，那些对家庭作业参与度更高的学生在中学阶段的数学学业成绩更好。在家庭作业参与度方面未发现性别差异，但存在年龄差异。中学阶段的移民学生比小学阶段的学生对家庭作业的参与度更低。该研究强调了家庭作业参与度对移民学生学业成绩的重要性。
