This document provides guidance and strategies for making homework meaningful and effective. It suggests developing a growth mindset in students by praising effort rather than innate ability. Homework should strengthen skills, allow independent learning, and extend classroom knowledge. Teachers should give relevant assignments and clarify expectations. Parents are encouraged to create a distraction-free study space and communicate with teachers about struggles. Alternatives to homework like logs and intervention programs provide support. The purpose of resources like homework club is to help students who need structure and assistance to complete assignments successfully.
2. We seek to develop a “Growth Mindset” instead of a “Fixed” where effort is linked to the product and goal. We speak to our students and evaluate their work and that makes all the difference. In order to encourage talent, we need to praise the effort needed in order to create the quality of work we come to expect from our students. Rubics, Evaluations, Comments, Conversation
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