UTJECAJ DOMAĆE ZADAĆE NA POSTIGNUĆA UČENIKA IZ BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE U OKVIRU ISTRAŽIVANJA TIMSS 2019
THE INFLUENCE OF HOMEWORK ON THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN THE TIMSS 2019 SURVEY

Summary/Abstract: Homework is one of the methods in the teaching process for continuous diagnosis and monitoring of students in order to determine and expand knowledge, and improve skills. This paper deals with the impact of homework on student achievements in mathematics and sciences of 4th grade students from Bosnia and Herzegovina within the TIMSS 2019 study, according to the frequency of assignments, time required for students to do homework in relation to work experience of teachers and their level of education. The average student achievements were also analyzed based on the teacher’s response to how to monitor and assign homework. It is very important to update and systematically prepare homework at all levels of education. Only in this way homework can be an excellent tool in the teaching process for the teacher, a successful motivation for the student and an extremely good tool for parents in adequate and continuous cooperation with the teacher and providing support and monitoring of the child’s work and learning progress. In terms of time to work on homework, the lowest average student achievements in science is achieved by students taught by teachers with the least work experience for all three categories of time assignment of homework. For the frequency of homework assignments and the level of teacher education, it is emphasized out that the best average results in the sciences were achieved by students of those teachers who have completed master’s/master’s studies (525 points) and assign homework less than once a week. In mathematics, statistically better student achievements are achieved by students whose teachers have completed higher (secondary) school, and assign a task 3-4 times a week, according to students whose teachers have acquired postsecondary or tertiary education. In the category of homework time of 16 to 30 minutes, students of teachers with completed secondary education achieve significantly better results in mathematics compared to students of teachers of all other levels of education.

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