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pacittijanet

Welcome to Discovery Education | Digital textbooks and standards-aligned educational re... - 2 views

www.discoveryeducation.com

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    • pacittijanet
      pacittijanet on 30 Oct 14
       
      I am using the board builder tool on this site to build lessons for students to work independently as well as to collaborate with colleagues to build units - great resource
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      I use Discovery Education to kick off new units especially for sixth grade Science. There are a lot of useful videos to start a unit. I have created folders with kick off videos I use for the 3 Science units in grade 6.
  • The Future of Learning is Now
smithma54

Earth and Moon Viewer - 1 views

www.fourmilab.ch/...vplanet.html

science earth moon

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    • smithma54
      smithma54 on 30 Oct 14
       
      Excellent site to observe moon and earth in real time. You can also customize what you want to see.
amfpiscitelli

The Fischbowl - 15 views

thefischbowl.blogspot.com/

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    • Julie Grant
      Julie Grant on 30 Oct 14
       
      Interesting points about the value of homework...
  • What kind of research did we do to determine that 120 minutes was the appropriate and most effective amount of homework each night
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 30 Oct 14
       
      Good question
    • kararyan
      kararyan on 04 Nov 14
       
      I agree...big debate here on HW...
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      I agree how is the time determined per grade level?
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 30 Oct 14
       
      Karl Fish always has someting interesting to say
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  • Students need the practice. I can't cover the curriculum unless I give homework. It teaches responsibility.
    • msfellows
      msfellows on 30 Oct 14
       
      I've definitely heard these same three reasons given to justify homework.
    • kararyan
      kararyan on 04 Nov 14
       
      I've heard them too. And I agree SOME students really do need the practice...but some do not..
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      I think all students could use extra practice. I have heard these 3 reasons as well.
  • The research provides little or no support for number one. What little support it does give could be accomplished by giving them time in class to practic
  • there's not enough time to cover the curriculum
  • I have yet to see any research that shows that assigning homework teaches responsibility
  • in order to cover the curriculum, we should change the curriculum.
  • So if we just made up this number, how is that "data-driven"? Perhaps we need to sit down and rethink this and decide if that's truly the best number.
  • Data-Driven Schools: Homework
  • What kind of research did we do to determine that 120 minutes was the appropriate and most effective amount of homework each night?
  • if we did that, then we'd probably also want to look at the research on the effectiveness of homework in general
  • research shows no support for homework at all at the elementary level
  • at the high school level there is only a weak correlation between homework and increased test scores
  • There was no relationship whatsoever between time spent on homework and course grade, and “no substantive difference in grades between students who complete homework and those who do not.”
    • kararyan
      kararyan on 04 Nov 14
       
      Has anyone here done a study/collection of data on HW in middle school?
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      That would be a great idea Kara!
  • even most of what I've read in support of homework tends to show it having a relatively small effect on student "achievement"
  • So why do we assign homework?
  • Students need the practice. I can't cover the curriculum unless I give homework. It teaches responsibility
  • The research provides little or no support for number one.
  • Instead of assigning homework (and assigning students a "second shift") in order to cover the curriculum, we should change the curriculum.
  • I would suggest that giving them meaningful and important things to do might teach them responsibility better than assigning homework of dubious value.
  • any homework we assign should be justified.
  • Was there a correlation between the amount of homework that high school students reported doing and their scores on standardized math and science tests?
    • hortac
      hortac on 30 Oct 14
       
      Homework is sometimes a time management tool. Some students need more time to process the work and if we waited for them to finish in class, the cows would come home. Having them finish at home keeps us all moving forward...
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      Yes it can be a time management tool.
    • krs10walsh
      krs10walsh on 04 Nov 14
       
      Excellent article I will certainly share with my 10th grader, 8th grader, and 4th grader at home. I'm sure the first grader will like to hear about it as well... After we finish their homework.
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      Homework is a reinforcement in my classroom.
  • Yes, and it was statistically significant but “very modest”:
  • msfellows on 30 Oct 14
     
    Homework myth
  • amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
     
    Homework Debate
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