Posts Tagged ‘Homework’
December 9th, 2010
by Tracy H in Classroom tips and tools, Parent Tips
Supporting Math Learning: The Six DO's for Families and Teachers
This months NCTM’s President’s Message, focuses on how to help your child or student with math. This instantly reminded me of doing homework after school, struggling with a math problem, and asking my mother for help. When she heard the problem she apologized–she couldn’t remember how to do the math I was working on. NCTM’s President, [...]
October 13th, 2008
by Lou in Parent Tips, Public Education
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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