Some articles about Homework and problems associated with it, that might be of interest.

Homeschool Math Blog: Math Teachers At Play #10

I feel it can both be a benefit and a drawback to math education – a benefit because it can free us from routine calculations, and a drawback because students still need to learn to do those, but how can you easily enforce that? … I glanced over the survey results, and found one response that really "struck" me as a "sweet" solution to the homework problem. It is from a 5th grade teacher, and I apologize for taking so much space for it here but I just feel it was really …   Read more…

AllThingsPLC » Blog Archive » Should Homework Be Graded?

Homework should not be drudgery, however it has become that. Math classrooms have at least a page or two of problems to complete nightly – whether the student requires additional practice and rehearsal…. Giving homework as “busy work” …   Read more…

Why adolescents cheat in school and what to do. | Psychology Today

Cheating in school – on homework, on papers, on tests, on records – symbolically represents this rebellious power. Today’s battle between teachers and students over the various subversive uses of cell phones (and other hand held devices) in … The cultural rationales for cheating are in place, and more important, informing on another student is not likely to win friends, and may result in some social reprisal. There is no glory from turning in a peer. The problem   Read more…

Download free Greg Curran – Homework Helpers: Chemistry | Computer …

Concepts are explained in clear, easy-to-understand language, and problems are worked discover with step-by-step methods that are cushy to follow. Each warning comes with numerous analyse questions and respond keynotes that vindicate apiece precise respond and ground it’s correct. The Homework Helpers Series is meet what students requirement to increase their certainty and provide them the support they requirement to champion modify the most hard classes. …   Read more…

bit-player » Blog Archive » The Oracle of Wolfram

It can do your homework (or your students’ homework): Query: Limit (x^p)^(1/p) as p->0. Answer: \(\lim_{p \to 0}(x^p)^{1/p} = x\). It can graph a function: Query: plot sin(x)/x from -10 to 10. Answer: sinxoverxgraph.gif …   Read more…

Course Hero: Study Aid or Cheating?

Conceived by students at Cornell, Course Hero provides access to old tests, homework problems, textbook answers and class notes. It also offers the ability to form study groups where you can share files and exchange ideas. …   Read more…

1: Why students might not do their homework and what you can do …

Options for this problem include doing a lesson on how they use their time and time management, finding out when they do have time fef and designing the homework to fit in with it (e.g. a recording they can do in their car or a compact …   Read more…