對作業的不同看法(Different Opinions on Homework)
The conflict over what or how much homework should be comes partly from the fact that people can＇t seem to agree on the purpose of homework.
What do teachers think? Some teachers think that homework is necessary to reinforce what is learned in school. And so they ask their students to memorize what was discussed in class through homework. Some teachers think the point of homework is to cover material that the class didn＇t
have time to get to, so their homework is to let students learn additional things. Other teachers like homework simply because they want students to form work habits and still others believe homework is necessary because it is the best way for parents to learn what their children do in school.
Parent＇s opinions? But many parents seem to have different ideas. Elissa Cohen, who has twins at Lafayette Elementary School, doesn＇t like the fact that the third-grade students in elementary schools are asked to write about 25 book summaries a year. "They do the same thing over and over without
really getting into altertnate ways of thinking about books and thinking about reading and writing."
Experts＇ opinions? Some education reformers, such as Howard Gardner, a Harvard University professor, well-known for his theory on multiple intelligence, think that Cohen is on the right track.
But it is often hard to persuade overworked teachers to give much thought to homework tasks.
對作業的不同看法
關於應該留什麼樣的作業或者留多少作業的爭論，部分源自於人們似乎無法就作業的目的達成一致這一事實。
老師們怎麼想呢?有些老師認為需要作業來鞏固在學校中學到的知識，所以他們讓學生通過作業記住課堂討論。有些老師認為作業的意義在於覆蓋那些課堂上無暇涉及的
知識，所以他們留的作業是讓學生學習額外的知識。另外有些老師喜歡留作業就是因為他們想讓學生形成工作的習慣，還有一些老師相信有必要留作業是因為這是讓家長了
解孩子在校學習情況的最佳途徑。
家長的'意見呢?但好多家長似乎對此有著不同看法。依莉薩·科恩有一對雙胞胎在雷菲特國小讀書，她就不喜歡國小三年級的學生被要求一年完成大約25篇讀書總結。“他們重複做著同樣的事情，而並沒有真正把思考書本與思考閱讀和寫作的方法結合起來。”
專家的意見呢?有些教育改革家，例如以多重智力理論著稱的哈佛大學教授霍華德，加德納，認為科恩的想法完全正確。
但是通常很難說服那些過度辛勞的老師們去仔細思考家庭作業的問題。
