Access to homework + quiz answers

Treetopleaf
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:33:08 +0000

I’m hoping to gain some insight from others concerning high school homework and tests. In college, we always had access to science problem set answers, which were hung on a board outside the classroom. Yesterday I inquired and again learned that my kid’s science teacher isn’t going over homework assignments. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this. In previous classes, homework was sometimes gone over at the board. Sometimes teachers only review problems kids ask about. Often they only ‘check’ the homework, i.e. verify that the kid did it, but not verify that the kid did it correctly.

Instead of going over the homework problems, this teacher allowed the kids to come up during class and review an answer sheet in a folder while other class activities were ongoing. Leisurely access to worked problems, on paper or online, isn’t available to students during class.

I’ve asked my kid to find out when students can inspect the folder out of class, but I am amazed by this approach. What am I missing? In my long-ago day, I recall teachers saying over and over, “review the homework assignments, review the quizzes” to prepare for tests and finals. Nowadays, it seems they have limited access to graded papers, and no in-hand worked problem sets, in science and math class. I understand concerns about paper usage and cheating, but what I’m really wondering is how kids are supposed to get the message that getting the right answers to problems is of primary importance, not just attempting the problems. Is this a new trend, or am I only imagining that things were different years ago?