MAIN CONTENT
Emily and Roger continue to discuss about homework. They highlight extreme situations for teachers to be careful of and how to be more practical with assigning and correcting homework.
When do teachers give homework?
After teaching a new point. Students can practice it at home.
Before teachers go over a new point, the teacher wants students to review something at home first before coming to class so that they are prepared to learn the new point.
Extreme situations that you should be cautious of:
An energetic teacher who spends too much time grading the homework (providing comments, stickers, etc.)
A teacher who has taught for a while and mainly assigns homework just as busy work but doesn’t spend time providing feedback because it is too much work or students don’t look at it.
Practicality Tips:
Teacher needs to teach students how to read and use the feedback.
Incentivize the process of receiving feedback by giving points. If students are lazy with homework, don’t be scared to score lower.
Use a rubric to save time in grading and show your expectations.
For personalized homework like writing or speaking journals, make sure that students understand who the audience is. Audience refers to people who will read their homework. Students shouldn’t just write for a teacher to read. The teacher should explain what other kinds of potential people would be reading this so that students are aware of the type of register to use)
It’s meaningful to give feedback, but set a number on how many comments to give.
For extreme teachers:
1) If you work too hard, take a step back. Find a hobby. Rest. Don’t make work your life.
2) If you don’t put that much effort in, try to put more effort.
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