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The Homework Debate - 3 views

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affirmative

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      Zachary G on 26 Mar 10
       
      Goes into "good" hw and "bad" hw. can be turned into harms for both sides
  • As a result, he says, "[children] are bored because the things they are given and told to do in school are so trivial, so dull, and make such limited and narrow demands on the wide spectrum of their intelligence, capabilities and talents." 
  • Homework or no homework, parents will always have an important role to play in nurturing a child's love of learning. In fact, it may be that positive family relationships have much more to do with a child's educational success than any other consideration worthy of debate.
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  • Some innovative schools have begun to work at eliminating the kind of monotonous busy-work that kills a child's incentive to learn and keeps them from their families for extended periods in the evenings.
  • Homework proponents insist that some subjects cannot be mastered without repetitive rote memorization. Even homework critics allow for the fact that well thought-out assignments can certainly contribute to a child's love of learning, especially when it requires the full engagement of an inquiring mind.
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      Zachary G on 26 Mar 10
       
      A difficult to comprehed adn express view about what it is about hw that is so deterimental. Can be turned into a powerful harm for affirmative
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      Zachary G on 26 Mar 10
       
      explains why hw is a harm on parenting
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Resolve The Homework Debate About The Benefits Of Homework. - 1 views

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      Zachary G on 26 Mar 10
       
      These points are the the harm of the affirmatives plan. they are negetive arguements that outlines the pros of hw
  • * It reinforces the lessons that have been taught by providing an opportunity to practice. * It teaches responsibility and discipline
  • * It reinforces the lessons that have been taught by providing an opportunity to practice
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  • * It teaches responsibility and discipline
  • * As a prerequisite, to prepare students for a topic or lesson that will be taught in the next day or two
  • It prepares students for the next step; whether it's high school for elementary students or university for high school students where a large amount of work is given and must be done independently as homework.
  • the benefits of homework within your own mind and I'm sure that my pages on
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The Homework Debate - 0 views

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  • “Homework is all pain and no gain,” says author Alfie Kohn
  • In his book The Homework Myth, Kohn points out that no study has ever found a correlation between homework and academic achievement in elementary school, and there is little reason to believe that homework is necessary in high school. In fact, it may even diminish interest in learning, says Kohn.
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      Zachary G on 25 Mar 10
       
      significant harm about having too much hw. Good affirmative arguement
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  • If you've ever had a late night argument with your child about completing homework, you probably know first-hand that homework can be a strain on families
  • Many proponents of homework argue that life is filled with things we don't like to do, and that homework teaches self-discipline, time management and other nonacademic life skills. Kohn challenges this popular notion: If kids have no choice in the matter of homework, they're not really exercising judgment, and are instead losing their sense of autonomy.
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      Zachary G on 25 Mar 10
       
      excellent negetive arguement. outlines variows pros of hw
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Should Parents Help Their Children with Homework? (sidebar) - 1 views

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  • Some teachers actively encourage parents to become involved with homework assignments
  • Lisa Jacobsen, a mother and director of a tutoring business in New York City, says that during one parent-teacher conference she attended, she was told that "the only way to keep kids achieving at the high level expected by the school district is to teach at school and then have the kids go home and be drilled and helped and tutored by the parents."
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      Zachary G on 25 Mar 10
       
      Good arguement for affirmative
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  • Nancy Kalish, co-author of the 2006 book The Case Against Homework, tells of a teacher in San Diego, Calif., who holds a math class for parents each Monday evening in order to tutor them in the concepts that their children are currently learning. The idea is to better enable parents to help their children with their homework and to prepare for tests and quizzes.
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