Homework+Completion

=media type="custom" key="7034065"= = = =What is the Purpose of Homework?= If homework is meant to be "practice" then it is "Formative", meant to help a student learn a skill. As such, it should not be given a letter grade that is placed in a gradebook because that signals a Summative score.

Some homework, especially at the upper levels, does reach the level of being Summative (ex. final research papers) but this should occur after the student has had adequate opportunity to practice a skill.

The most important part of Homework is the feedback. One teacher commented that he spends hours writing feedback on an assignment and all the student looks for is the letter grade. It appears that all the student cares about is the grade. Instead, the suggestion is to remove the letter grade and give the student only feedback which includes ideas of how this assignment could be improved if the student wants to improve. Then give the student an opportunity to improve it and submit the assignment again. media type="youtube" key="ehwHoxEdGRY" height="204" width="253" align="center"



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