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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!) One solution I haven't seen posted recently is probably one many people will not like at first but please hear me out. Have you tried not assigning homework? We know it's entirely possible to teach students without assigning homework to them. For starters, two of the middle schools these students come from did not assign homework and these students passed middle school so it must work for them. There are many schools across the country that do not assign homework. What alternative do you provide to homework? Do all the work in class. It might be tough to implement, especially with schools these days needing to take away so much time for testing, but this idea is at least worth looking into if possible. |
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