What is the average daily homework load of an IB student?
WMMHS students surveyed by IB Boosters in the spring of 2004 reported they spent 1 to 5 hours per day on average with 1-3 hours estimated by one third of students and 3-4 hours by another third. Less than one third estimated 4-5 hours per day. One comment revealed the time-management challenge of incorporating the extra work of IB (TOK, Extended Essay, and CAS) into a demanding course load. The student speculated that students would have better grades if they were not working on the extra IB requirements. IB courses are typically more challenging than regular high school courses and so students may be asked to do more homework. The challenge, however, is not always in the amount of homework assigned; rather it is in the quality of the assignments and the extent to which students engage those assignments. The added benefit here is that students take greater responsibility for their own learning while they learn the valuable skills of time management and organization.
