This is a study about attitudes to theoretical and practical homework. Our interest in the
subject emerged during our practical teacher training but is also influenced from our own
VFU "practical teacher training" and our own time in school. All students have different ways
of learning and as pedagogues we ought to try to individualize the education. We believe a
practical homework could stimulate the students' different ways of learning. This is both a
qualitative and a quantitative study. Our study is also experimental because we got three
groups that did theoretical homework and three groups that, in addition, did a practical
homework before a test. Both groups are important to our study. Then we examined which
attitudes the students had to theoretical and practical homework by the means of a
questionnaire, which measured the students attitudes to practical and theoretical homework.
The study will be made in eight class. We are well aware that you can not generalize. We also
compared the test with a test the students did previously, before are study took place. We
completed the study with an interview with the students teacher in order to ask what she
considered about the test results and practical homework. And if she believes the practical
homework affects the result of the test. By this study we try the hypothesis that practical
homework can stimulate students in their different ways of learning. The study shows that the
students prefer a variation of both theoretical and practical homework.