对作业的不同看法(Different-Opinions-on-Homework)

对作业的不同看法(DifferentOpinionsonHomework)

Theconflictoverwhatorhowmuchhomeworkshouldbecomespartlyfromthefactthatpeoplecan‘tseemtoagreeonthepurposeofhomework.

Whatdoteachersthink?Someteachersthinkthathomeworkisnecessarytoreinforcewhatislearnedinschool.Andsotheyasktheirstudentstomemorizewhatwasdiscussedinclassthroughhomework.Someteachersthinkthepointofhomeworkistocovermaterialthattheclassdidn‘t

havetimetogetto,sotheirhomeworkistoletstudentslearnadditionalthings.Otherteacherslikehomeworksimplybecausetheywantstudentstoformworkhabitsandstillothersbelievehomeworkisnecessarybecauseitisthebestwayforparentstolearnwhattheirchildrendoinschool.

Parent‘sopinions?Butmanyparentsseemtohavedifferentideas.ElissaCohen,whohastwinsatLafayetteElementarySchool,doesn‘tlikethefactthatthethird-gradestudentsinelementaryschoolsareaskedtowriteabout25booksummariesayear."Theydothesamethingoverandoverwithout

reallygettingintoaltertnatewaysofthinkingaboutbooksandthinkingaboutreadingandwriting."

Experts‘opinions?Someeducationreformers,suchasHowardGardner,aHarvardUniversityprofessor,well-knownforhistheoryonmultipleintelligence,thinkthatCohenisontherighttrack.

Butitisoftenhardtopersuadeoverworkedteacherstogivemuchthoughttohomeworktasks.

对作业的不同看法

关于应该留什么样的作业或者留多少作业的争论，部分源自于人们似乎无法就作业的目的达成一致这一事实。

老师们怎么想呢?有些老师认为需要作业来巩固在学校中学到的知识，所以他们让学生通过作业记住课堂讨论。有些老师认为作业的意义在于覆盖那些课堂上无暇涉及的

知识，所以他们留的作业是让学生学习额外的知识。另外有些老师喜欢留作业就是因为他们想让学生形成工作的习惯，还有一些老师相信有必要留作业是因为这是让家长了

解孩子在校学习情况的最佳途径。：

家长的意见呢?但好多家长似乎对此有着不同看法。依莉萨·科恩有一对双胞胎在雷菲特小学读书，她就不喜欢小学三年级的学生被要求一年完成大约25篇读书总结。“他们重复做着同样的事情，而并没有真正把思考书本与思考阅读和写作的方法结合起来