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Homework

What’s the right amount of homework to assign? Learn about the research behind homework, how schools and teachers are handling it, and how you can differentiate it in a manageable way.

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    Students can learn to use their time wisely and strengthen their executive functioning skills by starting with the end in mind.
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    Homework has benefits, but the research is clear: there are real consequences to assigning too much.
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  • 5 Ways to Help Students Focus on Learning Rather Than Grades

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    A schoolwide effort to reduce homework has led to a renewed focus on ensuring that all work assigned really aids students’ learning.
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  • Fact Check: Are Flexible Student Deadlines at Odds With Real Life?

    Will flexibility around due dates deliver a reprieve for stressed-out students—or ruin them for real-world work? A high school teacher examines the practice.
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  • How to Get Students to Use Their Planners

    Mentally tracking assignments and activities is difficult—here’s a way to guide students to use paper or digital tools to ease that cognitive load.
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  • How to Help Students Develop the Skills They Need to Complete Homework

    Middle and high school students can learn to work more efficiently by using strategies that improve their executive function skills.
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  • 5 Keys to Successful Homework Assignments During Remote Learning

    While students and their families are coping with so much, teachers should be mindful to assign only homework that’s truly meaningful.
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  • Teaching Students to Manage Their Digital Assignments

    Predictable routines can teach students how to use organizational tools and help them develop their executive function skills.
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  • 4 Positive Alternatives to Problematic Teaching Practices

    Old habits may be hard to break, but when teachers modify their approach in these areas, they can help improve learning for all.
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  • What Would Happen If Students Assigned Their Own Math Homework?

    Instead of a set of 20 questions, use this framework to have your students create their own homework based on their needs and interests.
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  • Freeing Students—and Teachers—From Homework

    A second-grade teacher explains how she got rid of mandatory homework—and the surprising results she found when she did.
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  • Due Dates and the Value of Student Ownership

    Negotiating due dates with a class can help increase students’ feelings of accountability—to their teacher and to each other.
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  • A Restorative Approach to Grading

    A fresh approach to promoting equity in grading can lead to stronger relationships with students and deeper learning in the classroom.
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