Metas académicas, deberes escolaresy aprendizaje en estudiantes de secundaria

Abstract

Academic goals, homework, and learning in high school students. The aim of this Doctoral Thesis has been to go deeper into homework performance, attending the multidimensional concept of engagement: motivational engagement, cognitive and behavioral. It is about the key aspects that determine the quality of homework performance process, the learning, and the academic achievement. To address the objective of this Doctoral Thesis several empirical studies have been designed and carried out, which have led to six publications on journals included on the Journal of Citation Reports. The development of studies that compose this Doctoral Thesis has allowed us to draw the following conclusions: a) between the different population groups there are differences in homework and its results; b) parental involvement decreases as students attend higher levels; c) there is a progressive deterioration in two important pillars for learning: motivation and involvement; and d) homework is seen as a routine activity and attitudes toward it tends to be more negative as they progress through school, perceiving it more as a teachers’ imposition that must be done to obtain good grades than as a motivating activity, useful and flattering of deep and profound learning.