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Summary The database established during 1989 by the A‐level Information System (ALIS) was utilized to consider the amount of homework which A‐level students reported and their subsequent A‐level results. Data were also available on prior achievement, ability tests, gender and home background The findings varied from subject to subject, with General Studies being atypical, but in general A‐level students were found to vary considerably in the amounts of homework which they reported and there was a tendency for those doing more homework to obtain better grades, even after controlling for prior achievement or ability. There was also variation between classes in the amount of homework reported, but classes which reported doing more homework as a whole did not get better exam results, having controlled for cognitive variables.
Tymms et al. (Sun,) studied this question.