title: Academic Goals, Student Homework Engagement, and Academic Achievement in Elementary School.
abstract: There seems to be a general consensus in the literature that doing homework is beneficial for students. Thus, the current challenge is to examine the process of doing homework to find which variables may help students to complete the homework assigned. To address this goal, a path analysis model was fit. The model hypothesized that the way students engage in homework is explained by the type of academic goals set, and it explains the amount of time spend on homework, the homework time management, and the amount of homework done. Lastly, the amount of homework done is positively related to academic achievement. The model was fit using a sample of 535 Spanish students from the last three courses of elementary school (aged 9 to 13). Findings show that: (a) academic achievement was positively associated with the amount of homework completed, (b) the amount of homework completed was related to the homework time management,
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of A Coruña A Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of A Coruña A Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Bibiana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Regueiro
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: José C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Núñez
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of A Coruña A Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of A Coruña A Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Piñeiro
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Psicologia Aplicada, Universidade do Minho Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosário
keywords: academic achievement; academic goals; approach to homework; elementary school; homework; student homework engagement