Should teachers accept late work from students?
Should teachers accept late work from students?
Students should be penalized for late work to instill the discipline of timely homework. However, the penalty should be fair and applied only when the root causes for late submissions are established. Some students have genuine reasons as to why they submit their assignments late.
How do students turn in work on time?
How to get your students to turn in work
- Diagnose the problem.
- Partial credit is your friend.
- Consider less damaging options.
- Remember who’s in control in your grade book.
- Explicitly teach organization.
- Routines, like always, save the day.
- Embrace work / catch-up days.
- Have small milestone due-dates for big assignments.
Do students write the date they turn in homework on the top?
Have students write the date they turn in the homework on the top. This saves you time but could also lead to cheating. You write the date the homework was turned in on the top as it is turned in. This will only work if you have a mechanism for students to turn in work directly to you each day.
What happens if a student turns in their homework late?
If they get the lesson and then turn in the homework late, it defeats the purpose of the homework. Incomplete, and on time. (Provided it isn’t insultingly not done, like “name on paper” only. If so, hold it a day and get it done.)
Should homework and classwork be assigned as busy work?
If homework or classwork is not important, or are assigned as “busy work,” students will notice, and they will not be motivated to complete the assignments. Any homework and/or classwork a teacher assigns and collects should support a student’s academic growth.
How long does it take you to do your homework?
10 minutes: Do some jumping jacks, dance the Macarena, polish your nails. 45 minutes: Work on “2” assignments and maybe even finish with any 3s and 4s. Put everything in your backpack. Completing your homework on time is a learned skill.