I generally don't like homework.. I don't mind the "work", it is the "home" I dislike on it. I'm pretty environmental.. I lack a place in my house that promotes studying, so the less done at home the better I will remember it or be able to focus on it.
So how I get through it is breaking it up into little pieces. If I can go somewhere else to do it (cafe, library, friend's house, etc.) I will every time. I figure out what I hate the most on it, and do that part first. Then I progressively do the easier pieces. If it is a long assignment, like a research paper or lots of math homework, I do the opposite.. doing the easiest pieces first as I get more accomplished in a shorter period of time, and getting a lot done sometimes promotes me to get it all done. When having to read books or chapters, I split it up by number of pages a day, and I usually take small notes in the sides of the book to remind me of things I thought might be important for quick reference.
My favorite type of homework: Finishing up classwork, summarizing/writing my opinion on a passage or short story, and short answer questions.
My least favorite type of homework: Research papers, essays longer than a page, chapters of reading at a time with little focus on which sections of the chapter I should be memorizing the most, and math homework that exceeds 50 problems.