Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Assigning Homework I am co-director for a STEM Academy at the high school that I teach at. One of the biggest struggles we have is students completing homework. This issue stems from the middle school they come from. Two different middle schools feed into our high school. One middle school does assign homework. The other middle school does not assign homework. Therefore, when the students get to high school half of our students will complete the homework, and the other half will not complete the homework. When analyzing the students that complete and do not complete the homework, the majority of the students that do not complete the homework are from the middle school that does not assign homework. What can I do as a teacher and co-director to aid in this issue of not completing homework? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Give less homework that matters more. This gives students less of an opportunity to saying that this is a busy work assignment. For math teachers, they may only assign four of the questions from the homework as required, while the rest is for practice. You could also only allow students to complete summative assessments till after their homework is done.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Lessen homework is not realistic. I think providing a reward system would be better to gain incentive. Rated On: October 18, 2015 8:58 pm Rated By: eMuHub                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: The students wont have any incentive or motivation to do it if it is just practice. Rated On: October 19, 2015 2:11 am Rated By: RuTemu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think that if they don't require students to do the homework and just a little the students will assume college is the same way. Rated On: March 3, 2016 2:19 am Rated By: uQaMeV                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Great solution! Rated On: March 4, 2016 1:53 am Rated By: ymyQeg                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: it should matter if it is busy work or not, all homework is important. Rated On: March 5, 2016 12:24 am Rated By: habyRa                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Giving less homework is not a good idea because students in high school need to be responsible and understand the importance of doing homework. Homework builds on knowledge from the classroom. Rated On: October 16, 2016 4:19 pm Rated By: Maritza                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Although this is easy to do, it is not going to teach students that it is not up to them, they have homework and it is not really a choice or compromise. Rated On: March 4, 2017 10:44 pm Rated By: quJuja                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This could work but their behavior (not following rules/directions) needs to be corrected and addressed as well Rated On: February 25, 2018 7:40 am Rated By: epuMat                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Practice questions may not work cause some students will probably only do the homework that is assigned Rated On: February 21, 2019 6:33 pm Rated By: ePegej                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Does not seem like it would help the core of the case Rated On: October 30, 2021 8:30 pm Rated By: DuvuHe