This is not going to be a post about how I am against homework. (Although, I do have mixed feelings about it.) This is not a post about how we need to make homework more meaningful for our students. (Although it may get there eventually.) It’s about the...
It’s a necessary writing strategy: know your audience and purpose. Well, in my latest educontemplation about homework, I’ve been thinking more and more about audience and purpose when it comes to homework. Purpose – Purpose is what drives a writer. ...
Over the last few, well, years, I have been really contemplating homework: Why do we give it? What good is it doing? What level of quality are we getting back? Who is taking it seriously? In short, I have come to this sad realization that homework seems to be a...