1. Homework

2.  It's not about how much homework you have to do, it's about whether or not it's an outstanding assignment.

3.  Teachers need to give students assignments that will impact them, make them think outside of the box, and prepare them for the future.

4.  Teachers need to give less busy work and start giving work that students will have to do when they leave school.

5.  Students should have more group projects because in the real world they will have to work with other people.

6.  They’ll learn how to negotiate, how to treat others, and hear other perspectives.

7.  Homework should incorporate the vocabulary terms, concepts, and formulas from class.

8.  Homework should integrate technology and use websites like Moodle.

9.  Moodle allows students to have discussions, upload projects, and get feedback on their work.

10.  Students can make videos. If they can teach a topic, then they definitely know the material.

11.  Students will have to do research and cite their sources.

12.  They’ll also be proud of themselves.

13.  According to a 2004 national survey of 2,900 American children conducted by the University of Michigan, the amount of time spent on homework is up 51% since 1981.

14.  An academic study found that whereas students ages 6 to 8 did an average of 52 min. of homework a week in 1981, they were toiling 128 min. weekly by 1997.

15.  An admittedly less scientific poll of parents conducted this year for AOL and the Associated Press found that elementary school students were averaging 78 min. a night.

16.  Studies found that kids who do some homework in middle and high school score somewhat better on standardized tests.

17.  But doing more than 60 to 90 min. a night in middle school and more than 2 hr. in high school is associated with, gulp, lower scores.

18.  Give students a homework log to see how many assignments they have missed. They will also know how well they’re doing in the class.

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