Poor Students Need Homework - The Atlantic.
Getting to Know Your Students. Classroom management is one of those issues that often is a stumbling block for new teachers. In fact, it can be a stumbling block for veteran teachers as well. More specifically, it is the element of student discipline that causes so much consternation and frustration.
Education Authority - education department to the local council. Parent forum - this is a collective term for all the parents of the pupils who attend a local authority school Parent council - this is a body that the parent forum of a school may have decided to set up to represent their views to the school.
While homework has a significant benefit at the high school level, the benefit drops off for middle school students and “there’s no benefit at the elementary school level,” agrees Etta Kralovec, an education professor at the University of Arizona.
French Plan Would End Homework President Francois Hollande says the extra work penalizes students with difficult home situations, proposing doing away with homework in elementary and junior high.
Homework is a good opportunity to connect parents, classmates, and siblings with your education. The better your support network, the more likely you are to succeed in class. Homework, however tedious it might be, teaches responsibility and accountability. For some classes, homework is an essential part of learning the subject matter.
When students are responsible for creating higher-order questions, the rigor of course expectations elevates critical thinking processes as well as student-centered understanding of the learning. To ensure that this process of questioning happens, intentionally work the questions into lesson plans and have them ready to go before a lesson begins.
Homework has been a staple in education for generations, but now, questions are being asked about its effectiveness in improving learning, and when it's appropriate to assign it. Below you'll find a number of links to articles either supporting or calling into question the value of homework, and it's effect on families, children, learning and schooling.