... homework prior to creating the homework. The learning goals attached to the homework need to be aligned with the course curriculum. It is a critical idea to create a list of problems or topics for the students to work through so the students can focus on that list and spend less time making decisions. Doing ... this will enable the students to begin their work promptly. Homework handouts with details about the assignment will help the students as they will be given information describing the ... by meeting with those students and explaining the project fully so that the students fully ...

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... like to discuss with the teacher. Because Mr. Gonzalez teaches a bilingual class, many of the work sheets that go home with the student as homework are in Spanish. Mr. Gonzalez understands that most of the parents only speak Spanish or their dominant language is Spanish. By sending home Spanish work ... sheets, the parents are able to help their child if they are having trouble completing their homework. I asked Mr. Gonzalez how he communicates with the parents and he said he had multiple ways. If it were a serious issue or a ... that he didn't get much help to do his homework after sch...

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... wake up at 5 in the morning, go to school all day and work, and after that when you think its over and you have a break you have homework and projects to do. That extra work pisses me off so why not retaliate on the teachers who drop all that crap on you. There aren't very many ... day basis. But as Malcolm x once said if you want something you must attain it "by any means necessary". Maybe my acts will lead to the abolishment of homework which will help countless future generations, but odds are I"ll just fail the class. If you feel the same way as me when your teacher ask you to ... g...

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... be right in front of the board, facing the children. It is important for me to be able to look at everything my students are doing so that no problems would occur. If the back of their heads were facing me, it would be harder to point out misbehaviors or things ... three, with the desks almost forming a triangle. Again, this goes hand-in-hand with me being able to see everyone's face, and what they are doing clearly. To make things fair, on the first day I would want my students to pick out their table number from a hat. The number they chose ... I want posters all around the room deal...

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... variety in teaching strategies during the class. He incorporates group work for those students who work better with others, and offers individual work (the research homework) to students who work better alone. He also focuses on refining the students outlining skills and note taking skills. I would like to organize the classroom ... greets every one goodbye. Part Two: Analysis The teacher used rote-memorization in this part of class (Omrod 323). The teacher used the homework assignment from the night before. The students read the assigned reading, wrote down the main points and then pres...

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... and devices they may have out. Tonight's class however, is the same as any other class period as you can scan across the room and see every student doing their own thing. Some are doing homework for other classes, and some are on their phones texting, the teacher is either unaware or does not care. Why is it that this teacher seems to ... into the computer lab to start on the current week's homework. Everyone does the same thing as current periods, log into the computer and start the homework and like most in the class I finish the homework while he is still talking about something that...

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... be a breeze. Boy was we wrong. On the first day Mr. Allen, our student teacher, gave us a homework assignment. Now, Mr. Allen seemed like a great guy, very smart, but we were not doing any homework. The next day in class he begins with, " pass up your assignment from last night." As most of the ... class I want competition, but I will also teach how to handle winning and losing in acceptable manners. Back to the fighting, which competition can bring. I believe in doing the things I was brought up on. Whether it was my P.E. teacher Mr. Davis or Coach Pittman both usually had the same phi...

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... I say lack there of any preparation. This is something with which we could all relate if the phrase were to be reworded to say, not studying or doing the homework assigned. Now, I can personally vouch for all students from the beginning of school to every student that will ever be because I know that no student would ... for a test. Most of the time when we appear in class without the assignment, it is merely because we forgot. A bad student would remember that they had homework, not do it, and then not attend class the next day because of it, but I know that there never has been or never...

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... understanding is because there isn't enough time for each class. Maybe it's the teachers that aren't teaching right. Students may not understand what they're doing, and won't tell the teacher. So the teacher will continue on with the lesson. "Keeping students in school longer, giving them a better shot ... athlete and a performer. I already get out of school late because of practices! When I get home its about 7:00, so I have to eat, do homework and shower before I can go to bed. I want to be able to spend time with my family! "Some parents noted that students in school longer ... may ...

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... , he would likely give you an after school detention. Unless you are doing well in the class, the teacher may give you a warning or two, telling you to be quiet and face forward. Obtaining more knowledge, needs doing more homework, learning in school are just letting you know how to do these questions ... . But homework is different, it can help you remember how to do those questions and how to use it in daily ... For example, practice makes your work perfect and the more you practice, the better your grades are. If you are lazy and do not do your homework, you will get bad grades in you...

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... any reason at all. The three main reasons why students don't do well in school are, not doing homework/class work, they don't study enough, and there peers. Kids these days don't make time to do anything, especially there homework and class work. They don't take the time wisely to do any of it anymore. A ... back, if a student didn't do their work, the student would get into trouble. Now days everything is different. The students don't get into trouble when there homework or class work isn't done. I don't think that's fair at all. But who am I to say. Students only do the work that they...

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... responsibility for your own actions. The hate that grows from within for all those times you received phone calls and had "better things to do," than doing your homework. I understand, I felt these feelings of the mind shutting off. I've felt the embarrassment of being singled out by a teacher in class, and ... , where your cheeks turn rosy and the brow upon your head consumes with perspiration and drips like a leaky faucet. All because you didn't do your homework. I must admit, the first two years of high school were hell for me. They were two of the most difficult years I have gone th...

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... motivation in my part. Therefore, my parents talked to me and helped me with homework, but still, the motivating factor was not there. I always wanted to like school more, because I knew that those kids who did, were doing way better than me academically. Even though I never had the motivation, I never ... direction develop in students when they are given responsibility. If a teacher does everything for the child, he or she will be comfortable by doing nothing; on the contrary, if the teacher does absolutely nothing and delegates all the responsibility to the student, they will become o...

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... their mistakes so next time they can get a better grade. I also think they need success so they know that they can do it and so they know that they are doing well in school.  The sixth design principle is collaboration and competition. This design principle means that kids should learn individually but they should also work in groups so they can ... fourth one is the responsibility of learning. This one is on their because the teachers want us to be responsible with our homework and want us to be responsible about doing our homework. The fifth one is service and compassion. This one is...

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... confused and end up not understanding the subject your professor is discussing. The professor could be explaining the homework assignment to you, and if you are not focused you will not know what you are supposed to be doing for homework. Always do the assigned homework given to you. If you do not understand how to do the assigned work, then ask your teacher ... how to do it before you step out of the classroom. It's better to ask and make sure you know the assignment, then to not understand it and end up doing the work wrong ... need to do double the work. If you do it right the first...

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... to deal with the consequences that the teacher has in store for you, because you didn't do the right thing or you weren't responsible enough to remember about your homework. In addition if you have a responsibility to do a school project and you put it off, you will most likely get a lower grade on the project you ... done because you were rushed and didn't do the job you were expected to do or you didn't do the job everyone knows you are capable of doing. One thing that is very important and you have to be very responsible with is being able to wake up on time to be able to make it ... ...

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... class, he/she should always allow time to randomly ask a couple groups to share their activities, particularly those groups seated at the back of the room. Felder maintains that by doing so, a class participation rate of around 90% is achieved. Marking written work for a large number of students is extremely time-consuming and almost impossible if numbers are very high ... . Again Felder (1997) provides an excellent strategy, ie homework done in groups which achieves a reduction in workload for the teacher and a communicative learning environment for the student. The author does raise pot...

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... look foolish, but not knowing the answer to a question does. This is especially a smart idea if you don't understand the homework. If you get homework and take it home without knowing what to do, then how will you do it, and not doing your homework is not a very good idea, So like I said before if you don't get what your teacher is saying, ask ... before. Just start writing before the due date, and get it over with, so you won't have to worry about it, and that leads to a better grade and finer essay. Doing things at the last minute will put pressure on you, which will result in nervous...

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... to strive for it. People are given the chance to learn and succeed with an education, but many of them take it for granted. I know that going to school and doing homework is hard and stressful. Not only because of the workload, but because I don't have the strive or the motivation to start or finish it. Many people in this world are ... a couch potato. I believe that everyone is smart; people just fail due to the fact that they are lazy and cannot get anything done. Having the will and determination to do homework and study hard pays off at the end. In high school, I started off with lo...

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... the tests. This really ticked me off because some kids just can't perform well at taking tests. I mean, I was a total geek in this class. I read every assignment, looked forward to doing the homework, and even studied because I enjoyed this class so much. Still, every time I got back a test, the grade was always "just passing". I started thinking after seeing how no progress was ... slow, he is going to get a poor grade for not finishing half the test? Or does that mean if Johny participates all the time and he completes all of his homework but he "freaks out" on tests failing them, tha...

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... and in by Friday. To me it is a struggle to get Bobby and Alyssa prepare because they have not done anything with the letter for their homework at all. I just feel that they depend on us (special ed teacher, teacher-aid and I) too much that they would not do it for ... homework and wait until the last minute. This week I have mostly worked with the forth graders. First the forth grade teacher had explain what conferencing means with ... positive and negative side of view. Then she explained the step for peer conferencing as far as read and listen, giving the compliment on the paper eac...

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... five year-old to drive, she is seen as being unequal because she is allowing her sixteen year-old to do so. What the mother is doing is not equal but fair. It is fair because the five year-old is obviously too young to drive. When the five year-old turns sixteen, ... That is fair. Things and situations should be based on the merits of the situation. It will not mean equal treatment for everyone but by doing what the mother is doing, she is being fair to both her children. Fair treatment should be based on treating each person accordingly. Another example would be that two ... students b...

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... what got to me in high school were the lab writings. I vividly remember having to write three lab reports in one weekend. I was so close to giving up and not doing them, because I had no idea and no creativity on now to write them. Nevertheless, one of my teachers, Mr. Palacios, tutored me on lab writings and their format. Writing had ... I know that we were going to do a lot of reading on our own time from that book. One article from the book that was long and had to read for homework is called Sponsors of literacy by Deborah Brandt. The article talked a lot about sponsors and how they...

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... junior year, I was completely checked out. Looking back, this was definitely a major turning point of my education. From there on out my grades went down drastically. I would rarely finish my homework and never went to a full week of school. There was never a week that I wouldn't skip multiple classes or just not go to school at all some days. I went from being ... an advanced honor roll student, to someone that barely passed classes. I had a math class junior year that I was still doing homework for on the last day of my senior year. I was what you could call, the procrastination queen...

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... each other. Young people and adults usually like working as a team. Yet often the learning activities we assign call for individual effort. Young people especially complain that they don't like doing homework alone, yet we often insist that it be done that way. By designing more team assignments, we can exploit the benefits of teamwork, where the weaker students will learn by ... best way to learn, the students who teach each other will learn better than if they were learning alone. Why not let or even encourage your students to do their homework as a group? You will still have measures...

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