Value of homework
•Download as PPTX, PDF•
1 like•537 views
This is part of a presentation I give to parents and students on the subject of homework and its value to student results. It also gives some information on the use of homework timeslots
Recommended
Recommended
More Related Content
Featured
Featured (20)
Value of homework
- 2. What we definitely know!!! C B A D E
- 4. Junior grades - 12 percentile points
Editor's Notes
- If we graph a large group of students it will look like this. A small number get E and A, more get B and D, and lots get C. This shape is typical when we measure any human or natural population. If we assume this is the result when a population of students do not do homework effectively. Then the next slide shows what happens for a similar population when homework is effectively done. Watch the red line
- The red line is the population of students if they did effective homework. In High School this can be a move of 24 to 30 percent if the students do effective homework. Wow, this means if you are the average student in your homework-doing class, you will be 24 to 30 percent higher ranked than the average student in the non-homework group. The good news for Senior Students is that you are the group that benefits most from good homework practices. Junior and Primary students still benefit but not as much.
- The point here is you have to do effective homework. Just reading your textbook or doing any-old question will not help much. You must target your homework on the sections and activities that are important to your current study. Pre-reading and post-testing yourself will help. A key is always to get feedback from your teachers. You need that feedback – be proactive in this.
- Now imagine this is your homework timeslot for one of your subjects it has three sections. For good homework two of the sections must always be planned into your study at home.
- These are the three sections with some suggested things that fit in the sections. Now the total length of the time slot can change and the length of the sections can change. Your review sometimes may take only 2 minutes, other times maybe much more as you tidy and rewrite notes and finish diagrams to make them worthwhile – this process on its own assists recall of information later. Likewise the other sections can expand or contract relative to the others.The third section is probably the most important as it is where you decide what to do – extra question practice, make up a quiz, ask Mum to test you, discuss your solution with Dad and get his reaction, look up some extra info; because it was interesting, pre-read tomorrows chapter etc. This is proactivity or taking charge.
- In the second timeslot, the student is doing equal time with the questions set by the teacher and has chosen some other revision work – there is a test coming up.In the third timeslot this student was not set any work by the teacher but the other two sections remain. Never lose the timeslot – each day you have a subject there should be a timeslot and each should have two or three sections The first and the last sections are the ones You choose – this is the proactive section where you decide to do something because you are working toward your goals.