Here is an article from the Toronto Star about how homework should be done at home and how Parents should support it. Although intended for parents to use to support their child's study habits, read and post your feelings about which idea you agree with the most and why you do. provide a real life example to support your opinion.
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/schoolsandresources/article/1086495--10-sanity-saving-homework-tips
I don't think this article is completly realistic. They intend as if the parents usually sit beside the child doing the work, watching over them. But in today's society, most parents are so busy that they don't even have time to do this. Thus, it is more critical that the child has initative or it falls in the role of other sibilings or relatives. So I think they should make an article directed to kids about they should be involved more and not to parents about how they should be involved less.
ReplyDelete@ Nicole I agree with you some parents just don't have the time to sit beside you and watch you do your work its either stay after school and ask the teacher for help or need help understanding the task at hand, its either this or just ask and older sibling because they've done this type of work before.
ReplyDeleteSo I agree with Nicole this article isn't %100 realistic.
This is Stanley
@Mr Cheney: The link does not work for me! It say Not valid address.
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ReplyDeleteGo to the Toronto Star site, its under Parent Central section at the bottom of the page
ReplyDeleteBeconStrips: No computer and Ipod wont let me sign in again.
ReplyDeleteGreat points Nicole, this article makes many assumptions about how the family unit works. Almost stereotypical assumptions! Great that your intellectual prowess made this connection.
ReplyDeleteif you can't get it working then you should come into class a bit early. You are having bad luck staying connected!
ReplyDeletei think these tips are very useful, and good.
ReplyDeletei like them.
but i dont think that parents would completely buy into this.
one example is the " let your kids choose when to do homework".
i know that this is something that my parents will disagree with.
they think it is important to finish your homework quickly, and as soon as possible.
im okay with this, i would really like to do homework at anytime that i want.
this is my opinion, and what i am more used to.
this could be different for other people.
the one i like best is the choosing when to do your homework.
i like this because no one would "nag" me to do my homework, and i can do it whenever i feel like doing it.
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ReplyDeleteanother one i liked was the encourage unorthodox study habits.
ReplyDeletei like this one because again, i like it when im not being "nagged" into doing work, or being told to study.
i also like that it says that some people can do work better listening to music, or watching t.v.
i like watching t.v while working, but my parents say that i lose interest in my work, and just watch t.v.
this may be true, but i like it not being completely silent while working.
so the talking and noise also helps me work.
@ WORD NERD yes it is pretty cool choosing when I could do homework but some students are going to do homework when they get home but some students are going to do homework in the morning and then they rush it so why not just rush it when you get home and then go back to it edit it and add some more information.
ReplyDelete@ WORD NERD well if you were to be doing art the show that you are watching could help you be more creative. If you're stuck on something you can watch a show and then see if you can think of something else because I'm pretty sure most of us watch t.v or listen to music while we do our homework. I agree with you about the silence to me it just makes me day dream.
ReplyDeleteI really think that allot of what i said is true. Because as i look through each of them they most have been listed through out my life and my siblings.
ReplyDeleteBut this really depends on the child, meaning that the child's character depends on allot of the options in this article.
For an example of this would be in my past experiences i have tried a couple of these methods but only one really worked for me, which would be where i would get extra help from the teacher after school individually as i could understand and concentrate better.But some of my peers would rather choose something else in the list.
In conclusion i think that this really depends on your child and how they act and what they really enjoy for an example if they wouldn't spend much time with their parents they would most likely like encouragement or even doing it with their parents.
@ Rohan Sometimes parents just don't understand the work that you're doing so they can't help well to me I barely ask my parents for help because they don't understand the work we're doing so we all tend to go on facebook and other social websites and ask our friends.
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ReplyDeletetrue.
everyone has a way of learning, and people need to understand that not every person is the same.
@stanley thats a really good point because i have to older brothers and when sometimes i ask for help they really dont know because like everything changes each year and they add more to learn right!
ReplyDelete@malav exactly my point !
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ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure the majority of us we would go to our siblings first then our friends then our teachers and finally our parents.
ReplyDelete@ stanley
ReplyDeleteya that is true.
but one bad thing about getting to choose when to do your homework is that some people wont even bother doing it since no one is bothering them to do it.
yes the art can help.
and yes i agree, it makes me feel sleepy, and makes me want to day dream instead of working.
It's getting boring with only 3 people...
ReplyDelete@ stanley
ReplyDeleteyes that is what im pretty sure the majority of us would do.
just like the article said, it is embarrassing to ask your parents for help.
you may think you just asked a stupid question.
yes it is
ReplyDeleteLike Nicole i also think that parents dont have time to sit with us all day. and plus im pretty sure most of our parents come at six or later,so they wont have time to teach us, or correct us. Like when my moms home, she cooks, cuts her client's hair and grocery, so she barely has time to teach me .Im not saying this for everyone, just the people whos parents come home late and are busy
ReplyDeleteyeah it sorta is .
ReplyDeleteindeed, 5 or 6 at a time is good conversation. But Stanley good to see you finally participate with zest!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of letting students do it there way, ie using your ipod or listening to music while you read. But it has mixed results. As an example your Iread periods this year have been nearly a complete failure, allowing Ipods has not meant better work or increased reading. Rather just the opposite. unlike last year where Iread was a great success!
Also like stanley when my parents are home when i ask them something they sometimes dont understan, also my sisters
ReplyDelete@ stanley do you have 2 acounts cause you said with FPSRussia that its stanley, then later you comment with bacon strips?
ReplyDelete@ Stanley come back and check in a few hours, to see if anybody has commented on your posts.
ReplyDeletemost students have patterns, the grade 7s will come on later, the grade 7 girls even later.
Sana, Donna, Shelby if they are blogging will be on around now.
@ stanley
ReplyDeletei agree, when its silent i just day dream, but when i watch tv, listen to music or something, i actuall get my work to be better. but my parents dont allow it.
@ mr cheney
ReplyDeletewhen are you going to give our rebound imagery back?
@Prabhjot, I'm going to make a display of the imagery assignments. So you will get them back much much later.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the idea that said "don't criticize or correct" because the more you do the more your child gets discouraged ( as it said in the article.) Also if you keep correcting them they will always think they are wrong and they will be to embarressed to participate in class and they wouldn't share their answers with anyone(being afraid that they are wrong)
ReplyDelete@ malav yea they will be embarressed to ask their parents ACTUALLY not only parents, students as well as teachers because they will be afraid that the question they just asked was stupid, and because of this they will have difficulties in understanding the work they have been assigned.
@ Prabhjot yes I have 2 accounts one's on my ipod and one's on my computer.
ReplyDelete@ prabhjot for me it depends I can sometimes work better while wtaching tv,listenging to music,or doing somthinf online but sometimes it can also distract me
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The real life connection I can make to this is when ever im doing something wrong and my dad or mom tends to correct me (alot) I get distracted and lose focus I no longer know what to do and I don't understand the question anymore and I also feel discouraged sometimes
(like my picture? lol)
@ I LOVE MY,MYSELF AND I I agree with "don't criticize or correct" and yes students do feel that they are going to have a false answer to that questions (like me) If I were to be a parent of a child I would let my child do his/her work and if he/she gets it correct then good for him/her but, if they get it wrong they they would know that they need to double check their work. Just like Ms. Steer said "Mistakes are your friends, you learn from them"
ReplyDeleteAre we supposed to read the whole article?
ReplyDeleteFPSRUSSIA who are you?
ReplyDelete@ stanley exactly my mom always sais you grow from your mistakes and she also sais when you were a toddler you fell whenever you tried to walk but you always got back up to try again and this is exactly the same as you learn from your mistakes/Mistakes are you friends.
ReplyDelete@twinkle toes well you can if you want i didn't really read everything i just went through the idea's and you should do the same and just write which one of the idea's you think is true and why
@eden FPSRUSSIA is stanley he has 2 accounts,one for his Ipod and one for his computar so he is also becanstrips
ReplyDelete@I love me myself and i that is true the more parents criticize their child the more angry and discourage they get. Parents should not do that but instead help their child with their homework in a meaningful manor. If you keep correcting them they will always think that they are wrong and they wont want to come to you for help because you would get annoying and make them mad and you wouldn't know that their mad.
ReplyDelete@Sonali ohhhhhhh well i will just scan through the article and hello Stanley :DD
ReplyDelete@ Eden Yea I don't think the parents should do that it just decreases the child's self esteem and your child will feel discouraged and wouldn't want to show what they think becuase they would always have the feer " IM WRONG" in their minds.
ReplyDelete@eden ok just go through the idea's and um...... ok then???? lol
ReplyDeleteWhat i read from the article is that when parents sit side by-side with their child watching them do their homework its not a good thing. This is because when the parent will see that the child has gotten an answer wrong they will fell eager to tell them the answer without showing them the steps.
ReplyDeleteIt only takes 10 minutes to read! and 7 and a half to skim!...but great to see you back on the blog Eden
ReplyDelete@Class, how do you think parents should monitor your homework?
ReplyDelete@MR. Cheney it didn't really take that long to read it....... well i didn't exactly read the whole thing but it took like 3 minutes tom scan the whole thing.
ReplyDelete@ MrCheney could you post up the words for word wall please! I think our parents should check our homework by looking at the question and then have them read out the question and you answer it.
ReplyDelete@Mr.cheney I think parents should moitor your homework by letting you go through it at least twice and then having you explain what you think the question means to them and then doing the question on a sepearate piece of paper to figure if your answer is accurate.
ReplyDelete@stanley the 4 words were weary,zany,obedient,and mellow
ReplyDeleteThanks Sonali
ReplyDelete3 minutes is fast!
ReplyDelete@ I LOVE ME,MYSELF AND I THANKS :D!!
ReplyDelete@Stanley you have posted more tonight then all year!!!! wow! that's awesome
ReplyDeleteI think the article was basically like a small section of a parenting book. The author listed tips for parents who do have time on their hands to help their child with homework, most of the tips were useful, they were saying that the parent shouldn't take over, they should let the child learn and do things for themselves without being forced to. (which i agree with)
ReplyDeleteI am a little sceptical, because the tips seemed like they weren't that useful in a sense that it would only be useful if the child was careless and didn't really want to learn. Or for parents who dont know their child's level of ambition and responsibility.
My real world connection is about my parents. (as most traditional persian parents) they would "criticize and correct" when they "sit side by side." They would always tell me to do my homework first thing because its the most important. And as I grew up i've kept this routine and this attitude towards homework. However, if i was born with the mentality of carelessness and that go with the flow attitude i would have failed every subject.
@mrcheney, i think parents should just monitor their kids by checking them in a while and see if their understanding or struggling with their work and if they are doing it well enough to match the teachers requirements.
ReplyDeleteAs Nicole said before not everyone's parents have time lately because of their jobs or their just busy with their work.
As for the second rule, it maybe wouldn't work out because most parents just want kids to get their homework done faster and on time.
I think the 3rd rule is all right because as i said earlier parents shouldn't sit beside their parents but if they don't know an answer they could actually try to help them under stand not just write "don't understand"on the homework sheet.
Criticizing isn't right for the parents but i think if they correct it ,it wouldn't be that bad because they wanna show there kids there helping them and there for them to support.
Telling kids how to study isn't right because it just annoying and everyone has their own way of doing it so, this way the student would know they have their own responsibilities.
Planning is a good way to help students and parents do their work but parents need to make sue if its going well
Encouraging is good but it mostly works with little kids like the celebrating victories etc.It is a good way of telling your kids your their for them and if they have no ideas they could brainstorm and maybe even the parents could help out.
I think talking to the teacher makes a student feel like they aren't doing well but they can ask questions about a child through the interviews and i think the parents would know if there checking their child's homework regularly
Getting extra help, aren't that what the parents are for but i think if the parents are busy then tutors are alright but not every child is comfortable with them.
so my conclusion is that it depends on the child more so then the parenting. (child develops personality when he/she is infant)
ReplyDelete@ mr.cheney isn't the article almost exactly what you said in the first day of school.
ReplyDelete@ Mr.Cheney and Stanley your welcome Just trying to help :) :D
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ReplyDelete@ stanly oh ok
ReplyDeletei just finished reading everyones posts and it seems like i stole some ideas from you guys in my post ....
ReplyDelete@sonali
ReplyDeleteyea sometimes it distracts me but very little
@ deadmau5 who are you?
ReplyDelete@Mr.C i am used to the way my parents monitor my homework, and i wouldn't have it any other way because if my parents did use those tips i wouldnt have developed the routine i have.
ReplyDeleteI am Donna.
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ReplyDelete@ mr. cheney are you posting the volley ball tem tommorrow?
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ReplyDelete@donna I also think that the parents should let their children do the work themselves without the parents having to "criticize and correct" or even "sit side by side" the child and make them even more nervous. I think they should just let them be and make sure they understand what they are doing and they shouldn't be forced to do things. I'm not saying this as a child's perspective because since I, myself am a child I will obviously think that parents aren't being fair to us kids but instead I'm thinking as everyone else's perspective because everyone thinks that kids should be given a little time to solve and figure the questions on their own instead of their parents sitting by them and discouraging them about how they "used" to feel about themselves ( self esteem)
ReplyDelete@ Prabhjot, yes list will be posted
ReplyDelete@ Abeeshan, I may have articulated some of those points in my own strategy
@Donna, yes whatever has worked in the past will likely continue to work "if it ain't broke, then don't fix it", and many of you said the same thing about what you read.
@Class, I have posted a new Remembrance Day section and updated math and history videos
i agree with Nicole like when do parents actually get the time to come and do the child’s homework with the child? Like lot of people have to go to work off may have lost their jobs but in that case makes them more tense and they are always on a search to find a job. Also a lot of parents have though because they are older we should let them go and do it themselves a lot of people say they need to be independent. Parents have a point because they need to be mature and be able to do their work themselves but not all kids are able to do that we all are different. I find it that parents needing to make money for their family but also concentrate on the family and kids hw is a lot its a handful for some people.
ReplyDelete@ mrcheney
ReplyDeleteI think that the parents should still look at te work the student is doing, but
Not criticizing.
The parents could look at the work, but not tell them is something is right or wrong.
They should also not give the answers.
If they want, say that they have found a mistake. That's all you say. You can let the child think about it, and learn it without being spoon fed for the answers.
@sonali
I think it would be less embarrassing for students to ask the teacher or their friends rather than their parents.
@Mr.Cheney: it really depends like if your talking about every second of the way then not really but if your talking about when your done why not because if there are any questions the kids can ask at the end or something like that also parents have a hand full to do they aren't always free but if we are able to complete all your HW then let you parents browse through it i would find that ok at least the parents are able to see how you actually do your work and what work you get
ReplyDelete@wordnerd: yea I agree a lot of parent do want you to finish your HW asap because they have other things to do as in chores but do you think they should spend more time on doing hw? In my opinion i would say no because they have homework plus a whole other life like I’m not saying write random stuff on your paper take your time to do your work but don’t take like forever..
ReplyDeleteFPSRussia:a lot of people have their own habits to when and how they do their hw like it’s really about being comfy if u don’t feel comfy doing your work right after school then why would you do it? There are timings on when and how you want to do it I understand the concept of later on u can edit but would someone really want to spend that much time on homework and that’s where it comes back to word nerd post parents do think hw is important but they want you to hurry up and finish because you have to finish your work but also other work as in chores
ReplyDeleteI find that people shouldn’t be scared or afraid to ask question people should be allowed to be open minded then they should be allowed to ask about whatever they don’t understand its the best way for someone to learn
ReplyDeleteFPSRussia: yes that is true a lot of people would go to their siblings but not me I go to my parents first because if they know the answer why not ask them I’m pretty sure they will answer properly meaning they will make you understand properly also because my sister the way she explains I can’t understand i have different ways to understand. Also I don’t find why would people go to their parents last? Because we should be open minded to our parents so we should be able to say or ask what ever
ReplyDelete@prabjot:i agree people can’t sit all day beside you and watch every step of the way like they have work to do too.
ReplyDelete@Jan101: I think yes they should monitor but like you don’t want your parents sitting beside you explaining every question even though you understand it. I agree they should know if you understand but like being by your side the whole time I would find that a distraction
ReplyDeleteGreat responses Neha,
ReplyDeleteI wonder how productive students would be if you were left to make your own plan for studying and learning? Do you think you would learn more or less.
@ neha
ReplyDeleteyes good point.
@mrcheney,that is true SOMETIMES students do need their parents to help them stay on task and finishing hmwk or given assignments but not all the time because some students are responsible enough to do it on their own as they get older.
ReplyDelete@FPSRussia since you agree, what would you do if you were a student in that posistion?
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