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  1. The Mental Health Impact of Excessive Homework on Students

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  2. New Study Finds Excessive Homework Harms Kids

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  3. Why Homework is Bad: Stress and Consequences

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  4. Negative Effects of Having Excessive Homework

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  5. Why Homework is Bad for Students? 3 Reasons and 5 Facts!

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  6. Study: Too Much Homework Can Take A Toll On Children’s Health

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  1. Why Homework is Bad: Stress and Consequences - Healthline

    In 2013, research conducted at Stanford University found that students in high-achieving communities who spend too much time on homework experience more stress, physical health problems, a...

  2. Stanford research shows pitfalls of homework

    A Stanford researcher found that too much homework can negatively affect kids, especially their lives away from school, where family, friends and activities matter.

  3. Health Hazards of Homework - Stanford Medicine Children’s ...

    A new study found that students who did excessive hours of homework “experienced greater behavioral engagement but also more academic stress, physical health problems, and lack of balance in their lives.”

  4. Infographic: How Does Homework Actually Affect Students?

    Homework can affect both students’ physical and mental health. According to a study by Stanford University, 56 per cent of students considered homework a primary source of stress. Too much homework can result in lack of sleep, headaches, exhaustion and weight loss.

  5. The Harmful Effects of Homework - NeuroLaunch.com

    Moreover, the time-consuming nature of homework can significantly impact students’ sleep patterns and physical health. Late nights spent completing assignments lead to sleep deprivation, which in turn affects cognitive function, mood regulation, and overall well-being.

  6. Study: the downside of too much homework - Palo Alto Online

    A survey of more than 4,000 students from ten high-performing high schools showed that excessive homework produces unhealthy levels of stress, sleep deprivation and related health problems as...

  7. The Long-Term Effects of Time Use during High School on ...

    Controlling demographic, socioeconomic, and psychological influences, we estimate the effects of average time spent on homework, in extracurricular activities, and with friends during the four years of high school on outcomes measured in the final year of high school and twelve years later.

  8. Homework Wars: High School Workloads, Student Stress, and How ...

    The research, conducted among students from 10 high-performing high schools in upper-middle-class California communities, found that too much homework resulted in stress, physical health problems and a general lack of balance.

  9. School Stress Takes A Toll On Health, Teens And Parents Say - NPR

    Homework was a leading cause of stress, with 24 percent of parents saying it's an issue. Teenagers say they're suffering, too. A survey by the American Psychological Association found that...

  10. More than two hours of homework may be counterproductive ...

    Pope and her colleagues found that too much homework can diminish its effectiveness and even be counterproductive. They cite prior research indicating that homework benefits plateau at about two hours per night, and that 90 minutes to two and a half hours is optimal for high school.