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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 126155" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>I don't think that is a change in Rosemond's take on homework. He has always said that homework was important and it follows that it should be checked (whether by teacher, parent, or student is the issue here).</p><p></p><p>I agree that in an elementary classroom, the teacher should check that papers individually for correctness and hand them back to the students. However, in a situation of a high school teacher with 30 students per class (5 classes a day), it's simply unrealistic to expect the homework to be checked immediately for correctness and given back immediately so that the teacher then can go over the mistakes. After all, the teacher only sees them for 50 minutes a day and a new lesson also has to be taught.</p><p></p><p>At the high school level, I check for effort. I assign the odd problems that have the answers in the back of the book for a reason. I expect my students to check the work as they do it and star the problems that they have questions about to ask the next day. All I ask is that they make a reasonable attempt on each problem to get credit.</p><p></p><p>Another reason for checking homework in this fashion is that at an advanced math level, students need a chance to practice the problems and learn from their mistakes without it hurting their grade. After checking for effort, I give the papers back and then go over the homework questions that they had difficulty with. I expect them to make corrections on their papers and then used the corrected homework to study for the tests and quizzes. The tests and quizzes are used to check for mastery of the material.</p><p></p><p>In an ideal situation, I wouldn't even have to check homework since they would see the value in practicing the material. Unfortunately, most high schoolers don't have that maturity yet and even more unfortunate is that many parents nowadays do not support the teachers in reinforcing the value of doing homework.</p><p></p><p>Of course, these are the same parents emailing me asking why their little darling made a 50&#37; on the test ~ um, maybe because they only did half of their homework assignments and only learned half of the material??</p><p></p><p>At an elementary level, you couldn't expect young children to self-monitor their work so I agree with Dr. Rosemond that each assignment should be checked by the teacher for accuracy. But that again brings up the question of whether you allow mistakes on homework to lower their grade when they show that they have mastered the material on tests after learning from their mistakes on the homework assignments.</p><p></p><p>This is a complicated question. by the way, I went to visit an inner-city charter school recently where the students and parents have to commit to 2 hours of homework a night and where students go to school from 7:30 - 5:15 on weekdays and half a day on 3 Saturdays a month. They also go to school for 3 weeks each summer. They have raised the test scores of these middle school children to the top 15% of all eighth graders after entering several grade levels behind in 5th grade. </p><p></p><p>It is amazing what a school can do when they have a committment from parents, students, and teachers!</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 126155, member: 1967"] I don't think that is a change in Rosemond's take on homework. He has always said that homework was important and it follows that it should be checked (whether by teacher, parent, or student is the issue here). I agree that in an elementary classroom, the teacher should check that papers individually for correctness and hand them back to the students. However, in a situation of a high school teacher with 30 students per class (5 classes a day), it's simply unrealistic to expect the homework to be checked immediately for correctness and given back immediately so that the teacher then can go over the mistakes. After all, the teacher only sees them for 50 minutes a day and a new lesson also has to be taught. At the high school level, I check for effort. I assign the odd problems that have the answers in the back of the book for a reason. I expect my students to check the work as they do it and star the problems that they have questions about to ask the next day. All I ask is that they make a reasonable attempt on each problem to get credit. Another reason for checking homework in this fashion is that at an advanced math level, students need a chance to practice the problems and learn from their mistakes without it hurting their grade. After checking for effort, I give the papers back and then go over the homework questions that they had difficulty with. I expect them to make corrections on their papers and then used the corrected homework to study for the tests and quizzes. The tests and quizzes are used to check for mastery of the material. In an ideal situation, I wouldn't even have to check homework since they would see the value in practicing the material. Unfortunately, most high schoolers don't have that maturity yet and even more unfortunate is that many parents nowadays do not support the teachers in reinforcing the value of doing homework. Of course, these are the same parents emailing me asking why their little darling made a 50% on the test ~ um, maybe because they only did half of their homework assignments and only learned half of the material?? At an elementary level, you couldn't expect young children to self-monitor their work so I agree with Dr. Rosemond that each assignment should be checked by the teacher for accuracy. But that again brings up the question of whether you allow mistakes on homework to lower their grade when they show that they have mastered the material on tests after learning from their mistakes on the homework assignments. This is a complicated question. by the way, I went to visit an inner-city charter school recently where the students and parents have to commit to 2 hours of homework a night and where students go to school from 7:30 - 5:15 on weekdays and half a day on 3 Saturdays a month. They also go to school for 3 weeks each summer. They have raised the test scores of these middle school children to the top 15% of all eighth graders after entering several grade levels behind in 5th grade. It is amazing what a school can do when they have a committment from parents, students, and teachers! ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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