Homework Year 6

[Merlino Riviere]

Heres the deal - sophomore year, and his first year of all honors courses. He'd had learning problems and OT issues in grade school but generally grew out of it, and he did great freshman year. Go to his room, do his homework, by 8:30 pm he's done and doing other things.

This year his grades are still good, but... the homework. I know kids in honors classes can get a lot of homework, but for him, it's hours and hours. After a lot of frustrating diagnosis, I think I figured out what it is. He spaces out... really bad. This is even after we get rid of all distractions, etc. If I'm in the same room with him and checking on him frequently (like every 10 minutes) he has no problem doing it in the allotted time. (Which can still be 2-3 hours every night, a lot but still manageable.) But without proctoring, he can go 20 minutes just doing nothing, and do it again and again, dragging it out for many hours. He once pulled an actual all-nighter, which we found out about the next morning. Not good.

According to the NHS a couple of symptoms have been covered, notably inattentiveness and often swapping of activities. Going through school I never did homework, unless watched over by a teacher/parent, which is common according to the doctor that diagnosed me.

Anecdotally, nothing really needed to change as everything that needed doing gets done so long as there's a deadline. For people with ADHD, something usually needs to "prompt" action and enforce it gets done, in this case it's you checking on him in my case it was usually "If I don't start now, it I will physically not have the time".

Leave at least some form of distraction, maybe not things such as games but things like a fidget cube that will offer some distraction whilst not taking full cognitive attention. (ADHD can cause problems from over and under stimulation)

I don't have a perfect example to compare against however, I'm from England where homework doesn't really matter if it doesn't get done (so it didn't). My coursework for my degree was usually done at the last second however.

If in the short term you need to be in the same room and check, I would suggest doing that - but try experimenting with ways to focus. Does he focus on his hobbies? Or on music? Or does he need to time-chunk things into small segments separated by a quick break, a walk, or a drink of water?

Most studies seem to suggest any more than 25 minutes at a time at that age seem to be difficult (Wilson & Korn say 10 to 15 mins, while Microsoft's 2016 study reckoned 8 seconds), so can you try him with 25 minutes, then a run round the block, or something like that - make a game of it.

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We are delighted to have our child in your classroom. She seems to be extremely happy with her class and is thrilled to have you as her teacher. Our child is a diligent and conscientious student with an amazing attitude. We trust that you are enjoying having her in your class, and that she is making a great contribution.

We have sat through many parent/teacher meetings and heard teachers speak of scheduling challenges you face in terms of dealing with coordinating homework, marking homework, giving homework feedback, and so on.

With 6 children, you can imagine that homework has the potential to occupy a significant component of our afternoons. We have our children involved in music lessons, sports, church activities, and more. Additionally, the children enjoy being children, by swimming in the pool, playing with friends, having free reading time, going shopping, contributing in our home with chores and cooking, and so on.

The reality is, despite our feelings about homework, our children seem willing to complete it without our ever asking. However, we want you to be aware that we will not be actively encouraging homework unless it falls into the two categories described above. And this we do regularly anyway, whether you assign it or not. This is in no way meant to undermine you or make your job more difficult. In fact, we believe that it will make things easier for everyone and assist in the well-rounded positive developmental outcomes for our children.

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Homework is a much-debated topic among parents. In one survey of 782 U.S. moms and dads conducted by Narbis, a technology company focused on products designed to enhance concentration, over 80 percent said that in the past their child had struggled to complete a homework assignment.

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I used to pride myself on my high expectations, including my firm commitment to accountability for regular homework completion among my students. But the trauma of Covid-19 has prompted me to both reflect and adapt. Now when I think about the purpose and practice of homework, two key concepts guide me: depth over breadth, and student well-being.

Since classes have gone online, the school where I teach has made a conscious effort as a teaching community to reduce, refine, and distill our curriculum. We have applied guiding questions like: What is most important? What is most transferable? What is most relevant? Refocusing on what matters most has inevitably made us rethink homework.

We have approached both asking and answering these questions through a science of learning lens. In Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, the authors maintain that deep learning is slow learning. Deep learning requires time for retrieval, practice, feedback, reflection, and revisiting content; ultimately it requires struggle, and there is no struggle without time.

Eliminating or reducing homework is a social and emotional intervention, which brings me to the greatest benefit of reducing the homework load: Students are more invested in their relationship with me now that they have less homework. When students trust me to take their time seriously, when they trust me to listen to them and adjust accordingly, when they trust me to care for them... they trust more in general.

Now you can focus on the quality of the work and his motivation to do it. Many 13-year-old boys are not motivated to do schoolwork. This may be a sign of his age, his ADHD, his ODD, or a combination. If you find less screen time helps, keep this policy up until schoolwork is completed for the evening. Although teens with ODD often resent and argue with rules, you should keep certain rules in place. Clearly explain to your son the consequences and rewards. Be consistent with your approach, and focus on what he is doing right, rather than what he is doing wrong.

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