Geometry teacher not grading homework. Is this a "thing"?

kiddie
Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:45:41 +0000

If the purpose of homework is to reinforce what was learned in class then it should not be graded and included as part of the overall grade. It should be part of a “participation/attendance” part of the overall grade - only to indicate it was attempted (notice I don’t say completed since sometimes a problem may not be understood and then subsequently reviewed in class). Test, quizzes, etc are measures of how well a student has learned something and therefore are graded - math homework is a part of the process of learning not a measure of the end result of the learning. Any good math teacher will review homework with students and allow some time (extra help, office hours) for students to be helped with homework they could not complete. Math is a subject where you must learn by doing and every math class needs nightly homework.

This is different in other subjects (history, english, etc.) where an essay or other assigned homework is actually a “take home” test where the student is given more time that would be allowed in class to show that they understand the given material.