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[quote=Anonymous]Definitely not a lot of homework.  Caveat might be that if your child is a slow reader, then it might be burdensome.

We found, at least at our Center, that projects almost NEVER required work at home.  All projects come with multiple internal deadlines (writing organizer, first draft, author's conference, rewrite, final draft, etc.), so it's nearly impossible to "leave it all until the last minute."  Also, extensive time is set aside in school for both research (on the internet) and writing.  This is really different from the way I grew up, when all writing and research projects were done at home as "homework."  I don't know why the change?  The cynical part of me wonders if too many parents were writing papers.  The way our HGC handles projects, it's virtually impossible for the parents to have any participation -- which is a good thing.

The exception to this experience was the school science fair project (which all students do), which required a lot of work at home, but still had multiple internal deadlines and lots of teacher oversight. [/quote]

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