Timeline for A student in my course does well on exams, but doesn't do the homework: Go easy on them, or make them "pay the price?"
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| Nov 25, 2015 at 17:06 | comment | added | Dronz | @Dunk Yes. Regarding trying to force students, having seen non-authoritarian teaching results, I suspect that the authoritarian games are what cause most of the problems in the first place. | |
| Nov 24, 2015 at 16:02 | comment | added | Dunk | Most of the reason for even having homework is to force the students to actually study and learn the material so the professor is not lecturing to a bunch of blank faces. That is what is required for the overwhelming majority of students to keep them on task and not have them procrastinate on learning. The homework is also a way to give "free" points to the students grades to make up for not doing well on the exam. In actuality, if one were to look at the "ideal" situation, the OP's student is exactly that. A student who learns what is needed when it is needed. Why punish the student for that? | |
| Nov 24, 2015 at 13:38 | comment | added | user21820 | @jakebeal: I agree that there are ways to design homework to lessen that problem, but with websites like Math SE around, no math homework is immune from the problem since often the proofs from good students are very similar too. I've personally observed many students doing just that, and for these students homework doesn't improve their understanding at all. | |
| Nov 24, 2015 at 13:31 | comment | added | jakebeal | @user21820 Then that is poorly designed homework. | |
| Nov 24, 2015 at 7:30 | comment | added | user21820 | @jakebeal: Not for many students, who copy their answers off the internet. | |
| Nov 24, 2015 at 1:33 | comment | added | jakebeal | Why do you assume that homework has no benefit outside of the strict material on tests? The more open-ended time for homework often increased its value, in my experience. | |
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| Nov 24, 2015 at 0:32 | history | answered | otakucode | CC BY-SA 3.0 |