Posted on 07/20/2018 10:14:26 AM PDT by TigerClaws
The best way to grade math homework is to provide points for process as they student makes proper progression in an equation.
Sometime a mistake is made and the wrong answer is given but the steps were right up to a point. That’s acceptable to give partial credit, but to say, “You tried, here’s full credit”, is harming the student, not helping.
When they get to the exam, they haven’t learned.
I also teach math at a college level, and we see the terrible results of participation trophy high school graduates. They “sort of” know math, but exacting results are difficult for them to manage.
> Math and science have been shown to be subjects that black and Hispanic students have difficulty with <
One reason that’s so (and maybe it’s the main reason) is the constant, unrelenting interference by school administrators.
I could give you 100 examples of that. Here’s just one. In our high school we have three levels of chemistry: general, honors, and gifted.
General chemistry is an overview course that minimizes the math. Honors chemistry is much more rigorous. And gifted chemistry is meant for the very top students. You can get college credit for taking that course.
Well, most black students in our school have poor math skills (for many reasons, not all of them their fault). So those students were placed in general chemistry.
Then some administrator noticed that the honors and gifted chemistry classes weren’t racially balanced. So more blacks were shoved into those courses. Those kids didn’t have the math skills, and didn’t want to be there in the first place. So those kids do very poorly. Lots of them fail.
So the administrators are now doing the worst possible thing. They are watering down the advanced courses.
“So the administrators are now doing the worst possible thing. They are watering down the advanced courses.”
The admin are Social Justice Warriors (SJW).
SJWs always;
lie,
project,
double down.
They’re in the double down phase with the weakening of the curriculum to allow the appearance of success.
Perhaps the author was in a test program for the “no homework” theory of “education”?
Not too far off. I happened to see several “winners” locally a few years ago.
“Don’t worry scro. there’s lots of tards out there living really kick ass lives. My ex wife is tarded. She’s a pilot now.”
Liberals think Idiocracy was about a conservative future. That’s because they’re dishonest. A conservative future would have kids held accountable.
Clap really hard if you believe in fairies, too. :)
These children are being **homeschooled** after school. This is sometimes referred to as “after-schooling”. The school is essentially sending home a **very** expensive curriculum for the parents and child to follow in the home.
So....When the child does well on standardized testing, who gets the credit?...Yes! Of course, the school does and property values go up. Who get the blame when the children do poorly? Yep! The parents! This is like calling, “Heads!”, on a two headed coin.
Our youngest daughter who is now in her mid 30s graduated with "honors" with a masters in accounting. She constantly complained that all of her classes even at the college level bored her to tears. She hated that all of her classes had been “dumbed down” so that even the dullest people were able to not just pass but get good grades as well. She felt that her "honors' status was nearly meaningless.
I apologize for kidding about a serious matter that is causing major problems in our country's educational system.
But the big question, does this spell the end for “the dog ate it”?
American society slowly regresses. The “experiment” by the Founders is failing due to the people.
What will they get instead? A sticker?
The best thing maybe that parents start thinking “Why the heck do we need the school?”
No, homework is not for learning. Studying and practice tests are for learning. Both of those can be done sans assigned busy work. One reason I oppose homework is because often it is given because teachers are using classroom time for what has more in common with indoctrination than academics.
If homework is given it makes more sense to note whether it shows a student fully understands the subject or where improvement is needed rather than a letter grade.
Another Reason to Homeschool...
Boy did I go to school in the wrong era. Sister Rita James poured over my homework. My math was always wrong!
Yep!
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