This presentation discusses homework and provides guidelines for teachers on assigning and checking homework. It defines homework as tasks assigned to students to be completed outside of class time to reinforce skills and concepts learned in class. The presentation outlines the objectives, types of homework including practice, preparation, extension and creative work. It provides tips for assigning homework such as ensuring students understand the purpose and can succeed on the tasks. Benefits include better retention and understanding, while drawbacks include loss of interest and pressure on students. A homework schedule is suggested to help organize assignments.

1. Presentation on Home work
By
Javed Iqbal PDT EDIP project funded
by AUS aid
your name

2. Outline
• Objectives
• Definition of home work
• Purpose of home work
• Types of home work
• Tips for assigning and checking home work
• Benefits of home work
• Draw backs of home work
• Home work schedule

3. Objectives
• By the end of this session C.Ps could be able to:
• Reflect on their existing practice of assigning home work.
• Discuss types and purpose of home work.
• Identify different strategies for assigning and checking
home work.
• Develop home work schedule.

4. Definition of home work
• Homework is the time students spend outside the classroom
in assigned activities to practice, reinforce, or apply newly
acquired skills and knowledge to learn necessary skills of
independent study.
(Jocelyn A. Butler, School Improvement Research Series
(SIRS)).
• Home work is the out of class room task assign by the
teacher to extend and elaborate class room task as well
students learning.
• It is means of assessing how well students have learnt what
you have needed to teach.

5. Purpose of home work
• Help students prepare for the next day.
• To review concepts to ensure that students are learning and
extending academic performance.
• To complete the day's assignment.
• To assist and improve a student’s progress towards National
Standards
• To extend or make more meaningful concepts introduced at
school.
• To engage students in purposeful practice relevant to their
learning.

6. Cont…..
•To reinforce lesson taught during class time..
•To teach students to manage their time.
• To help students to develop self-reliance to enable parents to
see their child’s progress and to show interest in their child’s
education.
•To strengthen the ties between home and school, particularly
when parents can help with assignments in some way.
•To develop effective study habits.

7. Types of home work
The five major homework types are as follows:
 Practice, which is designed to reinforce skills and
information covered in class.
 Preparation which is given to prepare students to benefit
from subsequent lessons.
 Extension which is provided to determine if a student can
extend the concept or skill learned in class to a new
situation.
• Creative which is designed to require students to integrate
many skills and concepts in producing some project;
• Completion which is a continuation of assignments stared
in class.

8. Tips for assigning home work
• Based on clear specific goals and or purposes.
• Do not assign as punishment.
• Ensure that students understand the purpose .
• Make sure that students succeed with their homework and 'new
concepts' should not be included."
• Regular homework can be assigned for the sake of learning.
• Parents should be well aware of these homework expectations.
• Quality, not quantity should be stressed.
• Consider the students’ ability.
• Consider the time for homework, it should be reasonable.
• Homework assignments should always be checked.

9. Tips for checking home work
 Peer checking
 Involve parents in the process of assigning homework
 Prepare an answer sheet and paste it in the classroom where students
could assess their assignments OR check a few notebooks and share
them with other students so that students can compare and correct
their mistakes
Develop homework timetable for your class and set specific
time for checking homework
Check homework in your free periods
Spare extra time after school time or before school time

10. Benefits of home work
Immediate achievement and learning
• Better retention of factual knowledge
• Increased understanding
• Better critical thinking, concept formation, information
processing
• Curriculum enrichment
Long – term academic benefits
• Learning during leisure time
• Improved attitude towards schools
• Better study habits and skills

11. Drawbacks of home work
• Loss of interest in academic material
• Physical and emotional fatigue
• Denial of access to leisure time and community activities
• Parental interference
• Pressure to complete assignment and perform well.

12. Home work schedule
Day and date Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Subject
Urdu
English
Math
Science
Arabic
Drawing

13. Thank You
Floor is open for questions, suggestions and feedback.