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Extractions: By By Ruth A. Peters, Ph.D. "Today" contributor In a special monthlong series called "Raising Kids Today," the "Today" show is looking at issues surrounding parenting. In this third week, we have been exploring the role of parents in educating their children and dealing with schools. Here, psychologist and "Today" contributor Dr. Ruth Peters responds to the biggest issue raised in viewers' e-mails getting kids to do their homework as well as a couple of other topics. By far, parents most frequently wrote in about homework issues. We received many e-mails like this: "Every day is a struggle. My 13-year-old son usually forgets the necessary books and handouts at school."
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Extractions: (these sites are not maintained by kids.gov *) Afterschool.gov Kid's Page - Your connection to federal resources that support children and youth during out-of-school hours. Air Force Crossroads - This page has tons to offer both kids and teenagers alike. From sports to arts to video games, you will find information and entertainment that will keep you coming back for more. American Memory - Visit the digital library and learn all about American history and culture. Ask Joan of Art - Do you have a question about American art and don't know how to find the answer? Art information specialists at the Smithsonian American Art Museum can help using both print and electronic reference resources. Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids - This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, and much more. Create a Graph - Try your hand at creating some and see if it helps explain what you are trying to show. Try using homework problems, things you have a special interest in, or just make up some numbers of your own!
Extractions: Online Course Preview COURSE BENEFITS This course explores the strategy and technology of globalized enterprises that either manufacture a product or provide a service. This course attempts to teach the spirit and process of a manufacturing operation. PROFESSOR WEINIG Professor Sheldon Weinig has come full circle from a Professor to an entrepreneur to a CEO running a globalized public corporation for 25 years. When the company was acquired by SONY he became Vice Chairman of Engineering and Manufacturing for SONY America. After nearly 7 years in this position he retired and returned to teaching. APPLICABLE DEGREE PROGRAMS Most courses 4000-level and above can be credited to all degree programs. All courses are subject to advisor approval. ADDITIONAL COURSE FEES Lecturer/Manager: Sheldon Weinig Office Hours: By telephone or e-mail. Telephone appointments to be arranged by e-mail. Office Phone: PHONE 212-223-0231 FAX: 212-754-5830 E-mail Address: sw263@columbia.edu Wednesday, 10:30 AM 1:00 PM Viewing Schedule: Class Location: TBD Class Homepage: TBD Credits for Course: Class Type: Lecture Prerequisites: Description: This course explores the strategy and technology of globalized enterprises that either manufacture a product or provide a service.
Read Messages RE 5th grade curriculum was homework issues, 200505-11 110300 Christina For example, a second grader is asked to go home and teach an adult or http://caltalk.cal.org/read/messages?id=30583
Extractions: view results by Halimah El-Husari Hi Mona, I heard that you are doing homeschooling is it fun. "Not that fun I don't see my friends that mush and when my mom teaches me I don't have more then one idea but before I had many ideas for the girls in my class I sure miss it." In looking at the advantages and disadvantages homeschooling, my investigation begins with summarizing the advantageous aspects of homeschooling. After surveying the advantages, I will then explore the disadvantages of this topic. Included in this research will be a public opinion poll on the American view concerning this issue. Since the 1920's America has provided public education, so the investigation brings us to the question, "Why do parents want to turn back the clock and reinstate homeschooling?" By analyzing this question, I find that there are a number of advantages along with the various reasons. "For the majority, their primary reason to homeschool is to teach their children Christian principles and give them a thorough education in reaction to the steady academic and moral decline in the public schools." Many of these Populist Christian Conservatives have gone to court to try win to the right to homeschool." Supreme Court upheld certification requirements against established religious beliefs of parents who chose to home school because the government regulations were not "unreasonable. The Christian conservatives are seditious when it comes to their beliefs about homeschooling and will go to any extreme to try and prove their case for the right to practice the process.
Past Issues - November/December 2000 Past issues. November/December 2000. The homework Wars homework can denychildren access to leisure activities that also teach important life skills. http://www.edletter.org/past/issues/2000-nd/forum.shtml
Extractions: November/December 2000 The Homework Wars Every month, the Harvard Graduate School of Education invites educators, researchers, community activists, and policymakers from across the country to talk about key issues in schools and school reform. We are pleased to be able to provide you with an edited transcript of some of these forums. Below is an edited transcript of a talk that took place at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on September 20, 2000. For easier reading, we have divided the transcript into the following sections: Introduction by Dottie Engler, director of the Askwith Education Forums Transcripts of Past HGSE Forums You can also scroll right through the transcript without clicking on above links. INTRODUCTION BY DOTTIE ENGLER Good evening. My name is Dottie Engler, and I'm director of the Askwith Education Forums here at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This is the first in our series of forums for the year. Over the year we'll be bringing you about 40 more programs, ranging from Diane Ravitch and Wynton Marsalis and Carlos Fuentes to conversations about teachers' unions, the latest findings in mind/brain education, and gender issues. And they are all unified by being relevant to something that's happening here at HGSE. Tonight's topic is "The Homework Wars." There isn't any question but that homework is a provocative issue. Within schools and classrooms all over the country, we are challenged by increasing expectations of higher levels of achievement. But what does that mean for the expectations of what children and parents do at home?
Tolerance.org Teaching Tolerance VIETNAMESE AMERICANS Lessons Ask students to consider the issues of identity and selfexpression addressed inthe earlier Give students time to reflect on their notes and homework. http://www.tolerance.org/teach/magazine/features.jsp?p=0&is=34&ar=482
How To Say It: Homework Hassles The most important thing to teach (repeatedly) is that you value Show by youractions that homework issues are very important to you as a parent. http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,69-27686,00.html
Extractions: "Mom, you're not helping me!" Helping your child to develop proper study skills will save you and him lots of needless aggravation. Things to consider There is no accepted standard for the amount of homework a child can reasonably expect to do on a daily basis. However, a common formula is to allow ten minutes a night for a first-grader, and ten minutes per night added for each grade level. Thus, a fifth-grader might average nearly an hour a day of homework while an eighth-grader may average ninety minutes or more. (Note: Children watch between three and four hours of TV per day. Something is wrong.) Children often try to do other things while studying, such as watch television or talk on the phone. If so, they may spend double or triple the time it would take them if they simply sat at a desk and quietly did their homework.
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Extractions: Homework and Assessments Homework - How much? How often? I've been asked very often by teachers about homework and testing so I feel it's time to address these important issues. I assign homework almost everyday and on weekends. I try to give homework that matches what I've taught and is meaningful. Homework should be for practice and never used to intimidate students or given for busy work. Please never say: "If you are not quiet, you'll get a lot more homework." Homework should never be a punishment. No matter what philosophy of math you subscribe to, students need to practice what they learn. Some students need that more than others. I assign about a half hour of math homework per night, sometimes more or less depending on the topic or the class. I sometimes give students about ten minutes to start their homework in class. This helps me answer questions as I walk around the room if students need help. Often homework which is started in class gets finished (but not always). I always go over homework in class. Often I have the answers on the overhead projector or on the board. I do often assign the odd exercises if I use the book and have them check their answer before they come to class. Students love to put homework problems on the board and I often record their names for class participation. How do I prevent cheating? I expect work to be shown and I walk around the room enough to know who did their homework and who did not. Going over homework should never take more than about 15 minutes. If you are taking too long to go over homework then you need to revise your teaching, or assign problems that match better what you have taught. Many teachers get into the cycle of spending all period going over homework and never having enough instructional time. You need to break that cycle immediately. If you have taught the lesson well and most of the students are in the appropriate class and paying attention, then students should be able to do the homework on their own without seeking outside help all the time! It's a good idea to give a bonus question which can challenge students, but the entire homework should not be a frustrating experience.
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Chapter 6 Focused Research/Teaching Only a very few of us teach in disciplines where spiritual issues arise frequentlyand Thatsa lot of homework. Dont wait until youve finished all the http://www.leaderu.com/msu/chapter6.html
Extractions: LU-Announce Chapter 6 Focused Research/Teaching Joseph McRae Mellichamp Dr. Joseph McRae Mellichamp is Emeritus Professor of Management Science in the Manderson Graduate School of Business at the University of Alabama and National Faculty Representative for Christian Leadership Ministries. For 25 years, Dr. Mellichamp combined successful academic pursuits with effective Christian ministry activities. Most of us who teach and do research in the university do so in disciplines that are relatively sterile with respect to spiritual content. Only a very few of us teach in disciplines where spiritual issues arise frequently and naturally in the content of the subject as, for example, in philosophy or history. Likewise, only a few of us would be able to write and publish pieces that have any appreciable spiritual content. Not many of us have the opportunity to publish a work like Phillip Johnsonâs Reason in the Balance (Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1995) in the course of our normal research inquiries. The words
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Extractions: 1. Changing Sections Two graduate students at a large state university, Otto and Felicia, teach parallel sections of calculus. On the first day of classes, Otto administers a test of basic skills. He advises students who do poorly on this test to drop back to pre-calculus. Most of them transfer to Felicia's section instead, since they have heard that she is a good teacher and her section is offered at the same time. The last student to transfer, Gil, did poorly on the test but has other technical abilities. Felicia, in consultation with the course's faculty supervisor, must decide whether to make an exception to the rules and allow Gil into her already crowded section, or to follow Otto's suggestion and advise him to repeat pre-calculus. Issues: Assessing students' backgrounds; what to do with students with weak backgrounds; Remediation versus repetition of a lower level class; The effect of students' backgrounds and their range on one's teaching; the impact of the first day on the course overall;
EducationGuardian.co.uk | EG Weekly | Clare Short's Week As A Teacher When Clare Short went to teach in a comprehensive school for a new BBC series, to watch as she spent about 15 minutes dealing with homework issues. http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,1149201,00.html
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ASSERTIVE DISCIPLINE The aim of this programme is to teach students to choose responsible behaviourand in so doing They should not address academic or homework issues. http://www.derby.ac.uk/telmie/private/plymouth/socemassdisc.htm
Extractions: The original text on assertive discipline was written over 20 years ago by an American, Lee Canter. This work has been revised and refined over the years. The aim of this programme is to teach students to choose responsible behaviour and in so doing raise their self-esteem and increase their academic success. The model is based on consistency, follow-through and positive relationship building. The belief that teachers have a right to teach and pupils have a right to learn is the key and is empowering to all concerned. Many teachers have been taught that if their curriculum is first rate, they will have minimal classroom disruption. It cannot be argued that the better the curriculum and the more motivating, exciting and appropriate it is the fewer behaviour problems will develop. The problem, however, is that before lessons can begin one must first have the attention of the pupils. They must be seated, quiet and listening. A good curriculum will help students stay on task, but first they must know how to be on task. Pupils cannot be expected to guess how a teacher wants them to behave in all situations. If they are to succeed in the classroom they need to know, without doubt, what is expected of them. When pupils are not given the limits they need, they will act up in order to make the adults around them take notice. A pupil's disruptive behaviour is often a plea for someone to care enough to make them stop. Pupils need to know what behaviour is expected of them. They need to know what will occur if they choose not to comply with those expectations.
Extractions: Author Does His Homework on Hot Topic Everyone knows that doing homework is a must for a good education, right? Not necessarily, according to author John Buell. Revamping how much and what type of homework is assigned can create more opportunities for learning. Included: Ideas for changing the way homework is used in schools. Most of us assume that homework has been a constant in K-12 life, and its attributes are known and documented: homework is necessary to re-enforce classroom lessons, teach responsibility, and prepare students for the full-time working world. Not so, according to author John Buell in his book, Closing The Book on Homework: Enhancing Public Education and Freeing Family Time . While not advocating the elimination of homework, Buell argues that the way homework is assigned and where it is done needs to be changed. Nor has homework always been a fixture in U.S. schools. Starting in the late 19th century, homework opponents argued that homework damaged the physical, emotional, and mental health of children, by reducing the amount of time they had to play and get fresh air. The attitude again came to the forefront in the 1920's and 1930's, at a time when labor unions were lobbying for workplace reforms. Homework often was branded "unhealthy" for children.
Extractions: Homework Takes a Hit! Homework, an entrenched tradition in education, is taking a hit from the authors of a controversial book that proposes ending the practice. In an Education World e-interview, John Buell, co-author of The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning, states that there is no solid evidence to support the current intensification of homework as a way of improving academic achievement. Included: Buell makes a case for ending homework as we know it! During the early part of the 20th century, society banned homework. Too much homework was considered unhealthful; it deprived kids of outdoor play and sunshine. Then, during the early 1960s, the emphasis on homework intensified as the United States raced to put a man on the moon ahead of the Russians.
