<p>The point of grading students on the completion of homework, which in my experience usually occurred in math and science courses, is that they don’t have to spend an hour looking at a problem that they can’t figure out how to do. The teachers aren’t supposed to give credit for “any old thing”, but an actual attempt at solving the problem must be demonstrated.</p>
<p>Usually when homework is graded on completion, the teachers will ask if the kids have questions the next day, and then go over those certain questions.</p>
<p>Of course, as the student, there were many times when I, and other people, scribbled out crap the period before it was due, and got credit. We were good enough to make it look like we made an attempt though. So yes, the system is abused, but the kids only hurt themselves. I was in the IB program, and I had too many 5 page english / history papers, 15-20 minute oral presentations, 5 page chem labs, 3 page papers analyzing calvin and hobbes cartoons for philosophy, and 15 page math problems to worry about whether or not I got an individual question right on a homework. Daily homework is to practice what was taught, and come back with questions on what you don’t understand. Not come back with all the right answers you got because you sat down with your parents for 45 minutes to figure it out. (My opinion, obviously =))</p>
<p>Bottom line is: When they don’t know how to do the problem come test time, it will show who took the homework seriously and who didn’t.</p>