Managing Homework
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Managing HomeworkAdvice about assigning, collecting, and
assessing homework.
Homework can help students:
develop mastery by practicing what they have learned.
acquire effective habits of self-discipline and time management.
learn to work independently.
gain a sense of personal responsibility for learning.
develop research skills such as locating, organizing, and condensing information.
research indicates that homework is effective for student learning in Middle School and High School, but not in elementary school.
4 categories of homework
Memorization
Increase in skill speed, used for improving students’ abilities to apply these skills in more complex problem solving
Deepening understanding of a concept
Preparation for the following day’s class
(Focus on Effectiveness, Researched-Based Strategies)
Assigning Homework
End of section problemsUsually repetitive in nature
Often plug and chug
Lower order thinking skills
End of chapter problemsLarger variety, intermixed
Variety of difficulty
Internet homework sites
Collecting Homework
Collect every assignment?
Random?
Weekly problem/question sets?
Unit problem/question sets?
Never collect?
Assessing Homework
Assess for completion/attempt
Spot check
Assess for accuracy
On-line assessment
Returning Homework
Needs to be returned in a timely fashion
Provide feedback on assignments?
Have students correct missed portions?
Reviewing Homework
Teacher works problems on board and or leads discussion
Whiteboarding homework assignments
Students work problems on board and or leads discussion
All solutions provided on teachers website after assignment due date
Problems with homework
Time “vacuum”
Student copying
Time constraints for students
Should all students (within the same class) have the same homework assignments?
Successful implementation
of homeworkTeacher must convey importance of homework,
Ensure homework is appropriate
Ensure no mixed messages are implied concerning homework
Consistent assignments
Apply consistent consequences
True student motivation should be intrinsic not extrinsic
Homework IdeasIndividualize homework problems in some way.
Table talk (student discussions with parents).
Do-at-home experiments.
Don’t forget about the Modeling Method of Instruction worksheets; they are a tremendous source of great problems for homework and follow-up in-class presentation and analysis.
Diagnoser.com and Just-in-Time-Teaching