Creating tasks with a focus on students’ autonomy—by providing choices, for example—helps them see the relevance of homework.
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Why homework became a substitute for bad teaching

Homework used to be a means of practicing what we’d learned. These days, it's the primary instruction method. Somewhere along the line, teachers stopped teaching full lessons in class and started ...
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Homework has been tied to school for as long as most of us can remember. Ask any student what school is like, and you'll hear about tests, teachers and homework. But with the way learning shifted ...
Ready or not, here it comes — homework! Regardless of their age, our children, teens, and young adults will need to get through their assignments. It’s a skill, actually, a strategic skill that ...
There is no law governing homework in Northern Ireland, so every school must devise their own policy and share it with ...
Grant Frost is a teacher of 30-plus years who has been writing about educational issues for more than a decade. More of his ...