Abstract
The performance of 26 third-grade students who worked on individual weekly academic tasks was compared under fixed- and variable-time “home reports”. During fixed-time home reports, each student was given a report to take home on Friday that indicated the quantity of work the student had completed that week, contained comments concerning the quality of the work, and had a space for parental remarks and signature. The same report was given during the variable-time reports, except that seven to nine students were randomly selected each day to receive a home report. During variable-time reporting, students completed more assignments and completed assignments on a greater percentage of available workdays than during fixed-time reporting. The teachers' preference for the variable-time reporting was one additional advantage for the variable system.
Keywords: elementary classwork, production rates, variable schedule, fixed schedule, feedback, children
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