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By: I had an awesome year, but… | JUST TELL ME THE ANSWER

I had an awesome year, but… | JUST TELL ME THE ANSWER — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:07:53 +0000

[…] after scrapping that idea. Should I go back to p.342 #1-30 even? Should I give just a few problems (a la Dan Meyer)? Or do I just not assign homework at all? I ended up doing some of each, and while I preferred no […]

By: Homework Crisis | Reason and Wonder

Homework Crisis | Reason and Wonder — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:30:51 +0000

[…] to as one advantage of the no-homework approach. Will I use Dan Meyer’s 2007 approach? Or his 2008 approach? (Anyone know the latest thoughts out of Camp Meyer?) And while we’re linking to blog posts […]

By: matthew mccrea » The Trials and Tribulations of Homework

matthew mccrea » The Trials and Tribulations of Homework — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:43:12 +0000

[…] 2.0 saw me adopting Dan Meyer’s “one problem a night” method. Â The one problem a night was met with pretty strong accolades from the students, but even then, […]

By: Homework is for losers….. | Ben Bridges' Blog

Homework is for losers….. | Ben Bridges' Blog — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:39:21 +0000

[…] set of questions on mathletics with a score > 85% 3. Two questions. One tough, one tougher (took Dan’s […]

By: Thing 4 | CrossTeach

Thing 4 | CrossTeach — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:20:50 +0000

[…] of the learning involved with the homework I assign. (By the way…did anyone notice his follow-up to the homework post?) Anyway, I know that if I assign a 20 min reading assignment, I usually get good compliance but the […]

By: Thing 4: Voices in the Blogosphere | Teach English

Thing 4: Voices in the Blogosphere | Teach English — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:07:08 +0000

[…] an adamant stand against homework, but actually changed his perspective after reading one of the comments. Because teachers are constantly reinventing themselves, their classrooms, and their methods, […]

By: Honeymoon Over? | Teacher vs. Wild

Honeymoon Over? | Teacher vs. Wild — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:41:40 +0000

[…] the author talks about how he used to assign a bunch of homework, then assigned none, and now assigns one. Â Seems like a good idea. Â My aim is to try and keep down the amount of homework while upping the […]

By: Touzel

Touzel — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:45:18 +0000

I see that you are using the KeyMath curriculum at your school. Cool.

I am interested in your opinion on IMP (http://mathimp.org/), which is also published by Key Press. I did a search to see if I could find your opinions about it, but I couldn’t find anything. Have you talked about IMP somewhere in the blog? If so, where?

By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Why I Don’t Assign Homework

dy/dan » Blog Archive » Why I Don’t Assign Homework — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:50:29 +0000

[…] Okay, so I am assigning homework. […]

By: Kate W

Kate W — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:21:31 +0000

I really like your idea of only assigning 2 math problems for homework, one easy and one hard. Not only does it sound easier to grade, but the students can spend time focusing on only a couple problems and not get frustrated with 30. I am student teaching right now, and getting endorsed in math, so any help on what works is great for me!