Some teacher give a number of questions, reading assignments and complete lesson to students for class room assessment purposes. I think that this is not productive and the students even do not complete it. In comparison, short home assignments such as a few MCQ's or a short question or so is enough provided that it is given on regular basis. I am interested in what other think, or their experience or research?
I like to answer like a mother and then like a teacher.
Like a mother: I preffer less homework because my son has more time tu play.
Like a teacher: I wonder if the work in the school has sufficient quality and if the work lets to my son gets the maximun in his potential capacity in all the areas emotional, cognition, motor and social.
The problem is not the homework, the problem is what work you use in the class to improve the concepts in children.
My experience with my son is that I preffer less homework but I put sistematic homework to improve his capacities: mathematics and language every day.
This type of capacities: calculus and comprehension languaje must be do in time school not at home.
I like to answer like a mother and then like a teacher.
Like a mother: I preffer less homework because my son has more time tu play.
Like a teacher: I wonder if the work in the school has sufficient quality and if the work lets to my son gets the maximun in his potential capacity in all the areas emotional, cognition, motor and social.
The problem is not the homework, the problem is what work you use in the class to improve the concepts in children.
My experience with my son is that I preffer less homework but I put sistematic homework to improve his capacities: mathematics and language every day.
This type of capacities: calculus and comprehension languaje must be do in time school not at home.
As parent of two teenagers I get cross when homework is mindless and fails to develop skills or understanding. As an educator I think homework can reinforce teaching in the classroom but in every case I believe it should be purposeful and meaningful, and genuinely add value to schooling. It is also preferable to make it interesting with plenty of variety. Putting my parent hat on again, I'd rather homework wasn't set when it fails to meet these parameters. In addition, I favour less rather than more homework - even for seniors - this way they can do their own revision (with guidance when needed) in the subject areas most in need of attention.
If the teacher at school provides a full learning environment during the day, there is no need to bring homework. In any case, there will always be some students who can't do any homework for one reason or another.
If some time at school is wasted, then there would be some homework needed.
But I prefer to do everything at school.
By the way, when I was growing up there was always tons of homework every single day, which I had to complete with the help of my mother and siblings.
Definitely correct. Students need to be motivated when they learn on their own. Engaging them in short assignments allows them to finish the work while they are still motivated
This is a fascinating question!
We might assume that if "homework" is a burden to pupils then short is better than long.
Perhaps the response we receive is more closely related to the nature of the task rather that amount of time it will take.
Too often teachers worry about "compliance" and if they can show that pupils have "done the homework".
Sometimes the best and most successful challenges pupils take away from a lesson are ones which offer an opportunity for creative exploration rather than carefully boundaried tasks requiring "work" rather than thought.
My own experience would suggest that independent learning task inviting pupils to "imagine" and "create" are the most successful.
The purpose of this homework is learning. With this aim, it would be rather improper to say that short home works are better than longer ones. There may be learning goals which can be achieved only through a detailed study followed by analysis and description/explanation. Under such circumstances a longer work is suitable. Off course the depth of analysis would vary and so would the level of description, depending on the level of the learner.
However, without any doubt, one can say that shorter home works are definitely more popular and the less hated version.
Dear Mr. Fayyaz Ahmad Faize,
in my point o view, giving a homework is very useful, not as questions or tasks, but reading a certain text from a given theme and preparing for a classroom discussion is much more than only learning. Because the good discussion with the student can be very active and very much taught.
I hope I have been of some help.
Best wishes,
Andrija
i think if homework based on tasks very useful for student to increase her skills
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