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To: CriticalJ

As a high school math teacher in the 50’s and 60’s I assigned homework regularly. The concept taught in the classroom needs to be practiced and learned with exercises. Whatever you want to master, you need to practice. In mathematics we call it homework.


66 posted on 08/23/2016 4:54:29 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: elpadre

what grade does she teach..

If it is a first second it is different than middle school

my wife was a first second..this was pretty much her policy but they got homework in the form of reading at home and a book report


69 posted on 08/23/2016 4:59:27 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: elpadre

“As a high school math teacher in the 50’s and 60’s I assigned homework regularly. The concept taught in the classroom needs to be practiced and learned with exercises. Whatever you want to master, you need to practice. In mathematics we call it homework.”

As a former math teacher, I can say that the argument for math homework is stronger than others, particularly math facts.

In general, there is still too much homework and the net result appears to be nada.


124 posted on 08/23/2016 10:59:51 AM PDT by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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