Bringing Homework Into Focus
Tools and Tips to Enhance Practices, Design, and Feedback
1st Edition
Published on 9. October 2014
152 pages
978-1-936763-24-5 (ISBN)
Description
In many classrooms, teachers assign homework out of habit. Learn to design quality, purposeful homework instead. The author urges educators to reflect on the purpose of student assignments to determine if and when homework is valuable. Prepare students and measure their comprehension by assigning purposeful work, setting clear expectations, and providing feedback as the unit of study unfolds
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Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- About the Author
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Types of Work and Their Purpose
- Chapter Two: Four Components to Ensure Quality Homework
- Chapter Three: Quality Homework: The Result of Quality Design
- Chapter Four: Homework: To Give or Not to Give, That Is the Question!
- Chapter Five: Grading and Homework: The Two Worlds Can Coexist
- Chapter Six: Next Steps: Evaluating and Changing Practices
- Epilogue
- References and Resources
- Index
