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HOMEWORK 2.0 - CHALLENGING CONVENTIONAL HOMEWORK PRACTICES

Stella Beale, Marin Academy Margaret Dunlap, Challenge Success

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SESSION GOALS

• Participants will learn the latest research on homework.

• Participants will explore practical and effective solutions to make homework assignments more effective, meaningful, and relevant.

• Participants will discuss ideas for effective change of homework practice and policy to increase student learning while avoiding overload.

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THINK PAIR SHARE

• Identify one challenge related to homework you face at your school, in your classroom, or even in your home

• Turn to a partner

• Share your thinking with one another

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HOMEWORK ARGUMENT 1

Homework is good for kids. It teaches organizational skills, and keeps them out of trouble.

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HOMEWORK ARGUMENT 2

Kids spend less time on homework than they used to, and kids in the U.S. spend less time on homework than kids in other countries.

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HOMEWORK ARGUMENT 3

Homework leads to higher student grades and test scores.

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HOMEWORK ARGUMENT 4

Doing too much homework leads to burnout and disengagement from school.

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SURVEY

Completed by over 170,000 middle & high schoolers at over 200 schools

Questions include items on:Academic engagementPhysical and mental healthHomeworkAcademic worryBeliefs about teacher care/supportStress and ways to alleviate it

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HOMEWORK DATANightly homework load:

Middle School: 2.1 hrs/nightHigh School: 3.1 hrs/night

% doing more than 3.5 hours/night

Middle School: 15%High School: 30%Exhibit poorer mental/physical health

Over 50% perceive most of their homework to be busywork

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TENSION FOR TEACHERS

∕ Standards + tests = more homework

∕ Too much to cover in class

∕ Pushed to prepare kids for the next level

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TENSION FOR PARENTS

∕ Some want more, some want less

∕ Agree that homework is a bigger issue than in the past

∕ Feel it’s out of their control

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TENSION FOR STUDENTS

∕ Still dislike homework

∕ Most common cause of stress, according to our survey

∕ Longer days, overscheduled

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USING A CRITICAL LENSChanging the homework conversation from quantity and achievement to quality and engagement

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PURPOSES OF HOMEWORK

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PURPOSES OF HOMEWORK∕ Review, practice skills

∕ Preparation for next class

∕ Individual assessment

∕ Opportunity to involve family in schoolwork

∕ Extension of classwork

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ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE HOMEWORK∕ Clear directions

∕ Allows for student choice and voice

∕ Differentiated

∕ Authentic

∕ Connects to “big idea”

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SAMPLE HOMEWORK

Use the cover sheet torate the sampleassignments

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ONE SCHOOL’S STORY - HOMEWORK DATA

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SHIFTING THE CONVERSATION

from one exclusively about quantity and achievement to one that included quality and engagement.

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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

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HOW MIGHT WE...Use research and experience to find practical and effective solutions to make homework assignments more effective,

meaningful, and relevant?

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StrategiesChallenge Success Speakers

Shadow Days & Student Focus Groups

Additional In-House Data Collection

Homework Experiments

● cover sheets● no homework● optional homework● ungraded homework● in-class homework● differentiated homework

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Initial Results

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Additional Take-Aways

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WHAT EDUCATORS CAN DO∕ Aim for the “just-right” challenge

∕ Show clear purpose/meaning

∕ Offer students voice and choice

∕ Use homework for out of class tasks

∕ Monitor timing

∕ Check grading policies

∕ Educate parents about appropriate roles

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LESSONS FROM CS SCHOOLS∕ Homework surveys

∕ Modify the schedule

∕ Test/project calendars or assigned days

∕ HW packets and flex time

∕ HW passes and other student “choice” options

∕ No homework on weekends/vacations

∕ Late policies, zero policies, no homework grades

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LEARN MOREWEBSITEwww.challengesuccess.org

NEWSLETTERText “kids” to 38470

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TWITTERwww.twitter.com/chalsuccess

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YOUR HOMEWORK1. What I like best about my homework

assignments

2. An actionable commitment I would like to make...


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