AP Exam Practice:
Mrs. Schmidlap wants to study whether homework actually helps her students learn. But she doesn't know the
best way to study the issue. Given the three research methods below, explain how Mrs. Schmidlap might study
her question

Mrs. Schmidlap can make use of both the qualitative and the quantitative research methodology with includes the survey method,cross-sectional analysis and a case study.

Explanation:

Mrs. Schmidlap can conduct random survey among her students to understand the effectiveness of giving homework and can then conclude whether the home work is helping students to understand the concept better or is just increasing their academic burden.

Another method for evaluating the effectiveness of Home work can be through Cross -sectional research in which Mrs. Schmidlap  can divide the whole class into various groups depending on the performance of the students like brilliant students are categorized in one group,average students in another and below average into a third group and then a collective data can be collected from each group to derive the final outcome.

Case study method-in this method either a single student or a group of student can be considered and an in-depth analysis can be performed on them to understand the question whether the home work given is helping them to improve  their academic performance.

y using the above mentioned method  Mrs. Schmidlap can find the answer for her question