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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is how it works in most university level classes.  Homework is essential to do, but worth a small percentage of grades.  It makes sense to me, as tests actually measure a students ability.  On homework, you expect the student gets some help.[/quote]

Again, homework is not the only thing that falls under the prep/practice category. There is a good chunk of classwork (such as warm-ups) that also fall under this category.[/quote]
Grades are supposed to be a measure of student understanding of content. Why should practice and preparation, even done in class, be part of the 90% category? [b]We are grading knowledge, not behavior.[/b] In this age of everyone get a trophy, the idea that classwork is only worth doing if it “earns points” has crept into student (and parent) thinking, and it is a real problem. Students shouldn’t need an extrinsic motivation (like points) to do what they need to do to learn.[/quote]

+100. The acquisition of knowledge is not about grades.  Positive grades is the motivation, along with the subsequent things that can come with that achievement.  If you want those things, do the work that is needed for YOU to achieve the outcome YOU desire. These is a key lesson on independence that folks expect students to learn and put into practice as they progress through school levels.[/quote]

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