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* In a message originally to Sheila King, Jerry Saville said:
 > -> I think the lack of homework is more inclined to be associated with
 > -> our age group (middle school).


 >   Your conversation has sparked my interest!
 >   I am a student at Southern Nazerene University (Bethany
 > Oklahoma) and
 >   am studying to be a math teacher. Middle school has always
 > been my target
 >   area. I must agree that instruction should not be for the
 > first 20 minuites
 >   of the class, leaving the rest for doing "homework",
 > however, if I cannot
 >   expect my students to do the work... Where do we go from
 > here??

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Concerning the topic of homework in math, I would like to tell you 
that my students only have 10 or 15 minutes for homework.  This is 
my first year teaching Algebra to 8th graders.  They don't know how 
to use more than 15 to 20 minutes of homework time anyway.  It is 
more important to guide them trough definitions and similar 
problems.  Then they have less questions.

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