| | | --- | | MISSION: To ensure that homework assignment are an integral part of the learning process. |
The term “homework” refers to an assignment to be prepared outside of class.
The purposes of homework should be:
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to reinforce the learning process begun in class;
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to practice taught skills for mastery;
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to create, stimulate, enrich, and extend interest on the part of the student.
It will be a learning activity, which should increase with complexity with the developmental level of the student; such assignments should encourage students to work more independently and to carry on investigations for themselves. Homework assignments should be meaningful and should be an application or adaptation of a classroom experience. Homework is at all times an extension of the teaching/learning experience. It should be considered the possession of the student and should be collected, evaluated and returned to the students within reasonable time limits to enhance the student’s achievement of the course or class objectives.
Individual schools will establish procedures for homework which will best support the delivery of the curriculum. Included in these procedures are means of communicating homework expectations to parents and students.