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[quote=Anonymous]I prefer students working on assignments at school, at least starting them. That way a student can ask a question and get some help if they are not understanding the concept. If the practice is sent home then the student is working on material and cannot ask questions. There are several outcomes:

1) They understand it and complete it just fine on their own.
2) They don't complete the assignment, because they don't understand it and there is a penalty for not completing it.
3) They complete the assignment incorrectly and have practiced an incorrect method.

Having time in the classroom lets students ask for help before getting really discouraged and ingraining an incorrect method in their brain.

DS rarely has homework, he is in MS but takes HS math and foreign language, he is able to complete most of it at school. Plenty of his friends are bringing work home and completing it at home. DS does bring home the occassional work that he didn't finish or he needs to review.

The other nice thing about the block schedule is that it gives kids additional time to balance school work. Not everything is due the next day. You can prioritize based on what you have coming up and you need to focus on.

I have no idea if daily meetings is better for learning or block scheduling works better but I can see the pros to the block schedule.[/quote]

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