Re: Homework (again?)

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From: Bruce Esser
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 14:50

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As a person who had to work full time to make it through both high school
and college i was most appreciative of those teachers who made
assignments in advance (like at the beginning of a chapter) ... This
allowed me to use my days off work productively.  I particularly disliked
the practice of giving a few problems every night as there were some
nights in high school where i had to work from 4pm to 3 am and then
attempt the problems.
My view is to give the students the problems at the start of a
topic/section (chapter for those who use textbooks) and allow the student
to manage their work.  I do this and also mention at the end of each
subtopic the problems that are associated with what we have  just covered.


Bruce Esser
Physics Teacher
Marian High School
Omaha NE
http://marian.creighton.edu/

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