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Nicole, I believe your research topic is very important, and one that will be enlightening to read about. I, too, wonder about the extent and usefulness of curricula that requires a great deal of homework. One way in which you can focus your inquiry is to figure out two different kinds of homework or curriculum styles and compare them to see which one is more effective. For example, does a class with a lot of smaller worksheet homework assignments get better results than classes with fewer, but more important assignments? Researching the effects of too much homework on the students’ grades would also be very important and useful, as measurable and observable results can be described that limit students’ performance. This is one question that you can ask that can focus your inquiry.
I certainly understand the sentiment behind the research question – I have taken many a class that I felt had too much unnecessary homework, and it would sometimes seem as though the instructor simply wanted something for us to do in order to pad out the course. To that end, I would do the work, feeling too much pressure to not sacrifice the grades while also not feeling I was learning anything from them. On the other hand, I have been in classes with a much more intimate focus on lecture and student/instructor interaction, and come away from it with a greater understanding of the materials. These classes had fewer assignments, but they were more important, and the instructor worked with us to create these projects in stages.