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It seems the consensus is that homework is a necessary evil - one that is
needed to spark the understanding and ability level of our students.  It is
necessary to, as one person put it, place the responsibility on the students.

I, too, assign homework almost nightly during the 1st semester.  It is
impossible to grade every question, but I do grade daily 1 or 2 of the
problems for accuracy as I buzz around the room.  (The students are usually
copying their objectives for the day.)  I then give them the answers and open
the floor for discussion/problems they had with the homework.

Being 10% of their grade, most students do it every night.

I slack off a bit in the second semester and almost do away with it in the
last two months of school.  Having seniors in my classes, they really get too
much senioritis.  Plus most are cramming for other AP exams, so I give them a
bit of a break. And lastly, the material is "easier" (electricity and
magnetism) since I go for the concepts in these sections instead of the math
behind it (time is so precious then), so I don't think it requires as much
homework.

Joel Tassie
Brookland Cayce High School
Cayce, SC
JTassie@aol.com