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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course homework should be graded for correctness. What's the point of giving points for "comoleting" it (skipping just anything on a paper)? And as long as kids have at least one night to study, the problems you describe with quizzes sound like exactly what a quiz is supposed to be. You come across as very demanding and as if you have incredibly low standards for your children as students. [/quote] So, no, homework shouldn't be graded for correctness. That can encourage kids who don't get it to copy answers off of one another instead of trying to figure it out for themselves and have an opportunity to clear misconceptions. As far as my children go, they have A averages, but the way the non-honors kid achieved that was with me providing intensive tutoring night after night, and enduring a fair amount of stress. The system as is rewards in some cases the kid who instantly gets it (like my other child), but more often the kids whose parents are educated enough to tutor, can spend a lot of money on tutoring, or can afford to enroll their kid in extracurricular classes that cover the material before the kid has to take it in school ( a not uncommon practice at some schools). I've also coached STEM extracurriculars and have been time and again unpleasantly surprised by statements from kids who are bright, curious, inquisitive, critical thinkers to the effect that they're "not good at math" because they don't get some concepts instantly, or aren't fast. Our system doesn't promote grit, or growth mindsets, or any of the buzzwords that are happily plastered on classroom walls but not bolstered by practice.[/quote]
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