Posts Tagged ‘failings of homework’

October 13th, 2008

In Pursuit of the Right Kind of Homework

Let me begin by encouraging you to read this Washington Post article on the failings of homework. For those who want the CliffsNotes, the net is that rote, unimaginative, repetitive, grinding and brutally boring homework doesn’t help. To the contrary, it actually hurts students across several fronts.

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