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Is Homework Harmful? 2 Charts Say Yes!

The Homework Mistake. I spent years assigning worksheets and pretended they were meaningful homework assignments. They were mostly reading questions that I thought would be a proper measure of students’ understanding of the reading material. Now I know that there are better ways to check for understanding? Most of the time, students would bring in their completed homework questions …

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Is Classroom Technology Working? Student Data Suggests Yes!

A Year Of Classroom Technology I began last year with an earnest attempt to add more classroom technology. My first technology initiatives were teacher-centered. I wanted a way to give students access to the class material so I signed up for Schoology, a learning management system. I was still giving a lot of traditional high-stakes chapter …

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Schoology: A Response to “What Was The Homework?”

Have you been asked these questions? As teachers, we answer student questions all day. We want to answer questions regarding the class materials. However, we you are usually asked: “Can I get another one of those worksheets? I lost mine.” “Can you email me student X’s homework?” “Can you email me all the assignments student X is missing …

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