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Saturday, September 16, 2006

Can Playing Sports Bring Math Success?

With all the pressures of math homework and homework in general, do kids have a chance to just be kids? What about time for sports? Hobbies?

There's been a lot of controversial talk about homework lately. I came across an interesting article I thought you might want to check out. It brings out some good points. The main idea of the article is that,

Active students are 'most likely to succeed'
Students who stay involved outside of class tend to do well in class.

I think the main thing parents need to keep in mind is having a proper balance. Too much of anything including homework is probably not the best thing. 'Too much' is relative, of course. Parents have to know their kids enough to know how much is 'too much'.

Check out the article here