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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent I hate homework because my kids have poor executive function and always need help remembering what they need to do. DH probably spends an hour or more each night helping them with math. I don’t think the homework should be something that kids can’t accomplish on their own, although I know they need to figure out how to do this for college.[/quote]

I’ve been thinking about this. I think a child should be able to work on hw independently, but what if they are practicing incorrectly? For math particularly, wouldn’t that be doing more harm than good? And if the hw is being done correctly, and the child understands it, is the hw really necessary?[/quote]
Practice is good at re-enforcing concepts learned throughout the day and more time can be given to understanding the concepts or differentiation. Math homework used to provide varying degrees of a complexity to a given concept(s). Some problems were easy and some were hard. This also provides differentiation and challenges. Of course, if you ignore your kid’s homework, then you wont know where they stand. But if you do a check on learning, then provide guidance, it can be beneficial and/or confirm your child’s current understanding.

If you need to spend time to help with HW, then there is maybe a deficiency. This is valuable knowledge. If they are cruising through, then you can build some trust in the process/class/teacher/childs own skills. Also valuable.

If you just wait for a few weeks to find out your kid is struggling because the teacher is struggling to deal with the workload and differentiation, you may not be happy with the results.

Same goes for reading books. I believe, and maybe im in the minority, that reading is hugely important. But it can be time consuming and should be done outside of class in most cases.

If you just want to drop your kid off at school and hope the teacher can do it all and not be engaged at home, well, thats your choice, but the PP who said she is a teacher is not going to be able to give a lot of time to any of the kids as they are overworked. [/quote]

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