It means tears and
battles over homework at the end of a long day, when the ADHD medications have worn off.
Putting research aside, however, much of the current
debate over homework is focused less on how homework affects academic achievement and more on time.
The key is to share some of the responsibility for and control
over homework with students.
If your child is bursting into
tears over his homework, it's easy to assume he's showing his frustration in class too.
And he has been making sure he got it by having
fits over his homework every night, but that is not the kind of attention he really wants.
By connecting with your
child over homework you'll learn how your child is doing both academically and socially.
Many kids pick fights with their
parents over homework just to pick the fight, not necessarily because the homework is too much or too hard.
Third day you will meet with the trainer for about 45 minutes in the afternoon and they will wrap up the training, and
go over your homework.
The
debate over homework — what kinds, how much, how to grade it — is an active one in many schools.
Today, he'd spent the first five minutes going
over our homework assignment, then given us the rest of the period to work on it, while he shut off his hearing aid and did his crosswords.
Commit to fixing dinner for your family one night a week or find another way to serve your family and create more bonding opportunities, such as
taking over homework supervision duties with your kids.
After an afternoon spent
sparring over homework and study, a whack with the clever to split open a cabbage seems to be just the release needed.
We
hover over homework, track test scores, push for competitive sports and keep our children endlessly busy with extracurriculars.
[Parents] can be there as a support system by
checking over the homework to make sure it is completed but should refrain from solving the problems,» says Morgan.
In my academic life, I had panic
attacks over homework assignments and was beset by a constant fear of reading out loud in class.
As daily battles
over homework subside, a renewed passion for learning is ignited, and families have time to be families again.
Aside from the music, the robin's - egg - blue headphones, the spray - painted NOs in the park in Sebastien, the scar and the tattoo and the way her hair fell across her face when she
leaned over her homework, what he remembered about Anna was that he'd loved her.
In the next example, Wendy, who is 10 years old, is angry because her young preschooler sister, Meg, has scribbled
all over the homework she had left on the kitchen table.
Take 10 to 15 minutes to hug them when you get home,
look over their homework, tuck them into bed, and kiss them goodnight.
With homework dominating all other categories of math instruction, the researchers argue that the time spent
going over homework can be «time well spent, making unique and powerful contributions to students» learning opportunities» only if the discourse in the classroom is done in purposeful ways.Their recommendation?
The Homework Dilemma The
debate over homework — what kinds, how much, how to grade it — is an active one in many schools.
In The
Battle over Homework (2007), Cooper noted that homework should have different purposes at different grade levels:
This letter is in response to «Worked up
over homework; Student workload study prompts Wheaton district to suggest changes» (News, Feb. 13).
I was speaking to a student today, going
over their homework.
Battles
over homework that are more like wars.
With video conferencing, the child can settle into familiar, comfortable surroundings at home and engage naturally with the parent, discussing day - to - day issues or going
over homework, allowing the parent to participate more fully in the child's life and development.