Assumptions1. Students’ values come from their parents.
2. Students become more responsible as they mature.
3. Older students understand the purpose of homework.
Assumption #1: Values from parents=values from studentsOnly 26% of 9th grade respondents are forced
to finish their schoolwork before socializing with friends…
…but over 99% of them are either rewarded for good grades are punished for bad grades.
Parents value GRADES
Quotable
“I am thrown into a whirlwind of agony. I feel awful about myself and remorse for my negligence.”
“Nothing.”
“Homework means nothing, teachers
do not even grade it.”
“Loss of preveleges
[sic]”
Assumption #2: Students become more responsible as they mature.
“I mean yeah, [I do my homework] for the most part. Unless I forget or something” –AP Lit student
“Okay, so like freshman year I was like you have to do homework because it’s like what you have to do…now as a senior I kind of understand why I should do homework, but I still don’t really do homework.”-AP Lit student
“I’m really busy…you see the whole picture of all that you have to do and it just, you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m just gonna watch Doctor Who.’”-10th grade Advanced Honors students
Assumption #3: Older students understand the purpose of homework.
“Is like, like, in life you’re gonna have to do stuff that makes no sense”
“If they said ‘figurethis out so you can dothis,’ I’d be like, ‘great,’but they’re like,‘figure this out for noapparent reason.’”
Which grade does each piece of data come from?
Quotable “I hadn’t spoken to my dad in three days.”
“Nothing.”
“Better grades, less free time.”
“I get good grades which keeps me eligible for sports and will have a greater opportunity to do more things in life.”
“Getting bored in ten seconds.”
Consequencesof
Doing Homework
A word from the experts
“Some perception of the relation of consequences to means applies even with the very young. Otherwise an activity ceases to be educative
because it is blind. With increased maturity, the problem of interrelation becomes more
urgent" (Dewey 84).
Dewey, John. Experience and Education. New York: Macmillan, 1938. Print.
Self-Identification
“Me personally, I’m a bad person in that I can not care less in some ways.”-10th grade Advanced Honors student
Revisiting Assumptions1. Students’ values come from their parents.
In the realm of homework, they do.
2. Students become more responsible as they mature.
Respecting students’ other commitments
3. Older students understand the purpose of homework.
Transparency in the classroom
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