Some discussion about ending homework and moving towards more in class pop quizzes and testing. Honestly I’ve never had a good experience with homework. After 8 hours of school plus travel I was not ready to do several more hours of work. I never did homework and it was the only place my grades suffered.
Ive had teachers who teach well and teachers who teach poorly. With the former, we started with the problem, figured out what didnt work, figured out what worked and why, and overall learned the process, reasoning, and application. With the latter, we got lectured, infodumped, quizzed, and textbook chapters to read to learn more before answering the homework.
Personally I think we need better coursework that can give more of the former and less homework. There’s a ton of focus on grading, testing and quizzing that kids dont actually have the time to learn why a solution works and instead memorize the how
Some discussion about ending homework and moving towards more in class pop quizzes and testing. Honestly I’ve never had a good experience with homework. After 8 hours of school plus travel I was not ready to do several more hours of work. I never did homework and it was the only place my grades suffered.
Ive had teachers who teach well and teachers who teach poorly. With the former, we started with the problem, figured out what didnt work, figured out what worked and why, and overall learned the process, reasoning, and application. With the latter, we got lectured, infodumped, quizzed, and textbook chapters to read to learn more before answering the homework.
Personally I think we need better coursework that can give more of the former and less homework. There’s a ton of focus on grading, testing and quizzing that kids dont actually have the time to learn why a solution works and instead memorize the how
You mean following the since the ancient Greeks isnt working anymore?
When was the last time big education introduced something new that worked. They are still trying to determine which curriculum works.
Given that first sentence, I think you may not be the best person to be commenting on this topic.