> We don’t want to penalize kids for the practice along the way. <
As a high school math and science teacher, I actually agree with that. When I checked homework, it was always for effort, and never for accuracy.
And more than that. I always gave every homework problem answer ahead of time. That way, if a student attempted the problem and didn’t get the right answer, he could try again.
Grading for accuracy - that’s for tests, not for homework. And by the way, I was known as one of the toughest test graders in the school.
“Grading for accuracy - that’s for tests, not for homework.”
Since when?? Homework is for learning and showing a student has learned, not for showing they spent time on it.
Homework isn’t a participation trophy.
Someone must have forgotten to tell you; your many years of experience and sacrifice do not count. Math and science have been shown to be subjects that black and Hispanic students have difficulty with because of racist teachers and subject matter. /s
Nearly all of my favorite instructors were math and science teachers, along with one creative writing teacher. But the creative writing teacher actually started out as an award winning math teacher, so maybe that doesn't count. My wife and I had a discussion recently where she said that she never took any summer school classes because she was always ahead of her classmates. I told her that I was always ahead of my classmates as well, but I took summer school math, science and chemistry classes for fun. I was definitely a nerd before that was cool.