Toward a More Productive Conversation About Homework
Questions for teachers, parents and students, from an educational psychologist
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Edward Rooks/Flickr A Teacher's Defense of Homework
If I didn't assign it, I'd never get through all the material I need to cover in a year. Plus, giving kids projects and deadlines is an essential way of preparing them for adulthood.
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English106/Flickr My Insane Homework Load Taught Me How to Game the System
"My friends and I realized we didn’t have to do everything assigned to us in order to succeed in high school."
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Easa Shamih/flickr Should I Stop Assigning Homework?
What if my students think my class is too easy? And how will we ever get through A Tale of Two Cities?
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Skakerman/Flickr Poor Students Need Homework
If affluent kids stopped doing homework, they'd be fine. But for students who are struggling to catch up, it remains indispensable.
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Lucy Nicholson/Reuters How Much Homework Do American Kids Do?
Various factors, from the race of the student to the number of years a teacher has been in the classroom, affect a child's homework load.
