End-of-the-chapter homework problems and cookbook labs are solved by "plugging and chugging" numbers into equations.
"Today, homework is not so much an issue because of legitimate pedagogical concerns, but because of increasing pressure on parents' time," said John Buell, a former teacher and co-author of "The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning" (Beacon Press; 2000).
The benefits of homework are called into question in a timely new book published in August, "The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning," by Etta Kralovec and John Buell, (Beacon Press, 2000, 119 pages).
She now stays at home with her two daughters, who are in elementary school, and, as she explains in a guest post today, being on the receiving end of those homework packets makes you see them a little differently.
Each group received one of three different homework treatments in each unit: DPA activities in either D&D format (DPA-D&D), MC format (DPA-MC), or traditional end-of-chapter homework (TRD).
Don't forgot to put your name on at the end of your homework!
You are more likely to concentrate well at first, with your attention wandering towards the end of your homework time.
Put a carrot at the end of your homework, like a new episode of your favorite show, or a chunk of video game time.
ETTA KRALOVEC Sierra Vista, Ariz., Sept. 14, 2011 The writer, an associate professor of teacher education at the University of Arizona South, is the co-author of "The End of Homework".
IN the not too distant past, the last day of school not only signaled the end of homework and tests, but also the start of a long stretch of foot liberation.
