Comments on: Make Work Homework http://6ampacific.com/2009/12/26/make-work-homework/ Meandering Musings on Globalization Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:29:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: A Tandon http://6ampacific.com/2009/12/26/make-work-homework/comment-page-1/#comment-16680 A Tandon Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:03:12 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/?p=592#comment-16680 "Busy Work" is what my high-schooler daughter calls it. Mediocre and bad teachers even assign such work during class to keep students busy, and her best teachers (AP ones usually) stay away from such tactics. In my experience, this is more common in US public schools that private schools, even though private school in my area have similar or more students per class. The effect is worse when busy work is assigned in class, as it actually wastes time that could be used for learning. "Busy Work" is what my high-schooler daughter calls it. Mediocre and bad teachers even assign such work during class to keep students busy, and her best teachers (AP ones usually) stay away from such tactics. In my experience, this is more common in US public schools that private schools, even though private school in my area have similar or more students per class.

The effect is worse when busy work is assigned in class, as it actually wastes time that could be used for learning.

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