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Taiwanese students spend eight times the hours on homework that American students do–and twice as much time as youngsters in Japan, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
The homework hours mean less time spent in games or sports because Taiwanese 1st graders spend the same amount of time watching TV and reading as Americans and Japanese.
The report cited a study by National Chengkung University professor Hsu Cheng-ching, who collected data on 2,000 students for 15 years.
Taiwanese 1st graders spend an average of 8.2 hours on homework during weekends, compared to 1.2 hours for Americans and 3.9 hours for Japanese. Hsu suggested that the reduced amount of time for play and its benefits may be a root cause of a wave of adolescent crime in Taiwan.
