One way to get your student excited
about math homework is to turn it and the completion of math worksheets into a game.
Not exact matches
You can ask these bots just
about any
homework - related question —
math problems, questions
about the population of a city, trivia, political curiosities — and they will happily oblige, using a cheerful tone that mimics human speech.
It's a holy shame, all the energy I've wasted whining
about deadlines, iPods, laundry, and
math homework — carpool traffic, airfare expenses, my husband's socks on the floor.
Two days ago it seemed sure that the worst
homework assignment of the year would be the «go on a date with a classmate and act ladylike» assignment from a Utah Financial Literacy class, but the week isn't even out yet, and a Pennsylvania
math teacher is joining the competition with a high school
math problem
about sexual assault.
Let's spend a few minutes drawing a picture
about how you feel when it's time to do your
math homework.»
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You thought your child's
math homework was too tough for him / her on Tuesday, and you're also curious
about the format of Friday's test (after all, your child will study differently if it is multiple choice or free response).
Eight - year - olds should not feel stressed
about getting their
math homework done so they can get to soccer practice or piano lessons on time.
Texting parents
about upcoming tests and
homework can help to boost secondary pupils»
maths results, according to a new trial published by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).
Texting parents
about upcoming tests and
homework can help to boost secondary pupils»
maths results, according to a new trial published by the Educ
Discussing whether or not
homework has more of an impact according to the subject area, the academic says it does have more influence in
maths, again because often tasks set for this subject are
about «deliberate practice» of things learnt in class as opposed to a «project».
Erin Tuttle says she noticed the change in the
math homework at
about the same time as Heather, and she also noticed that her child was bringing home a lot fewer novels and more «Time magazine for kids» — a reflection of the English standards» emphasis on «informational texts» rather than literature.
He also has a compelling personal story
about his switch, which mirrors one many parents who oppose Common Core share: His son brought home indecipherable
math homework one day, and it was over.
«We talked
about her
homework and upcoming
math test.
Parents accustomed to the «classic style» of teaching
math — long worksheets of standard algorithms with one or two word problems at the bottom — worry
about the unfamiliar presentation of their kids»
homework, and many opponents have delighted in picking apart often inscrutable questions.
On average, Finnish students do only
about three hours of
homework a week, yet in 2012 they scored sixth highest in the world in reading and 12th highest in
math on the OECD's international test, known as PISA or Programme for International Student Assessment.
A couple of months later, the comedian Louis C.K. complained
about his daughter's Common Core
math homework on Twitter, and late - night comedians like Stephen Colbert began mocking the standards, too.
In the end, the group was most enthusiastic
about a more low - tech option: a hotline that teachers and parents could call to find out if the Common Core - labeled
math problems they found in their textbooks and
homework were good or bad.
Students inside Michael Gallin's
math class talk
about their fear of
math openly and try to manage it while doing in - class worksheets and
homework.
The student who forgets to do her book report or
math problems as
homework may get absorbed in a learning project that involves interviewing a grandparent for social studies (interpersonal), taking pictures of animals in the neighborhood for an ecology unit (spatial - naturalist), or writing a song on an electronic keyboard
about a character in a short story (musical).
Last night, C.K. sent out a series of tweets
about his daughter's struggles with
homework designed to align with the Common Core, a controversial initiative hinging on standardized testing in order to impart a shared set of English and
math skills to students.
At boisterous meetings in Lafayette, Calcasieu and Jefferson parishes, irate parents — most of them white — began to complain
about elementary school
math homework culled from a Common Core website designed by educators in New York state, often referred to as Eureka
Math.