Monday, August 17, 2020
Just Do My Homework
Just Do My Homework Because I have a BIG problem with the amount of time-zapping homework my daughterâs school system doles out and because of that, Iâve decided my daughter wonât be doing her homework anymore. All of those âextra-curricularâ activities are good but if you stop using them as excuses for not doing homework that would be even better. I taught in the social studies department and many times could not read an answer due to horrible handwriting. I would ask students to redo the work in neater handwriting (or typed if they insisted they couldnât write neater) if they wanted the answer to be graded. I only count a homework assignment as 10 points, and most assignments are between 8 and 12 questions. I take off 1/2 point for each incorrect problem. Occasionally I will make a short assignment worth 5 points or a longer one worth 15 but I grade the same way. Students rarely leave the problem blank, but I may rethink this and take off 1 full point for undone work. Thereâs just no way to give enough class time for EVERYONE to finish â" some students need more time. Good ideas which I agree homework is important but we need to be sure it does not become a Black Hole that draws them to their doom. Also, for every section I assign 2 to 3 âProblemsâ which are required in written form then I collect these on the test day as a group for the sections covered on the test. The group then becomes one Homework grade and it usually has 15 to 25 problems. If Drill Quizzes are especially low then students can do the âDrill Workâ in written form for some additional points which usually improves their quiz scores as well. All homework is worth 5 points no matter how many priblemsni assign. If students valiantly attempt them all and theyâre all right I give them 5. If they attempt them all but missed some I give a 4.5 or 4 just depends on the effort. I rarely gave below a 3 unless students just didnât do their work. Quantity of Completed Work up to 5pts if all questions are attempted, Quality of Work completed up 5 pts. Procedures followed up to 3 points and Timeliness of Submission 2 points. This keeps the calculations simple and gives students feedback about their homework strength. I teach 6th grade and I do something almost exactly like this. I used to take off additional points when students didnât follow directions. Iâm talking things like using pen instead of pencil, using the wrong kind of paper, not putting their name on the paper, not showing their work, etc. I wanted my students to do their very best on their homework, but I also didnât want to reward them with horrible grades when they inevitably made mistakes as part of the learning process. Officials said student work would be evaluated as credit/no-credit. If you're an educator, you've undboubtedly heard your fair share of excuses from students who don't have their assigned homework with them, which can range from plausible to hilariously absurd. What are your thoughts on writing homework such as drafts of an essay? If the student has not completed the draft, he cannot work on revising and editing with peers. Itâs a sticking point that I just cannot find an answer to. I like your suggestions, I allow my 4th and 5th graders to return an assignment as often as needed until they reach -0. My thought is that I want them to identify their error/mistake and correct it independently, if possible. It does take more work some nights, however I know my students are understanding a concept and not just skipping over the concept. The problem with this, though, is that the students quickly learn that homework doesnât count for a grade and thus theyâre much less motivated to put much effort into it. Executive function coaching for students online throughout the U.S. and internationally. If a student is focused when doing their homework, they actually retain more of the information when it comes time to take a test on the same subject matter. It's like studying for the test little by little and absorbing the information in small chunks. The strategy of âchunkingâ bits of information has been shown to be the most effective way to learn larger amounts of information and is a useful test prep strategy.
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