Sharon is frustrated with her third-grade students for talking during direct instruction during math class. To teach her students a lesson on the importance of listening in class, she assigns 50 independent homework problems from the chapter to be completed that night and returned the next day. Is this an effective strategy for assigning homework?
a. No, students should not have to do 50 problems to demonstrate mastery of an objective, and homework should not be given as punishment.
b. No, the students should have been given a longer period of time to complete the assignment.
c. No, she should not assign that many problems unless she also allows the use of calculators as well.
d. Yes, Sharon is teaching them one of life’s hard lessons. They will now know not to talk in class.
a. No, students should not have to do 50 problems to demonstrate mastery of an objective, and homework should not be given as punishment.
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