Less as More
I read with interest [this article] from Vox on the efficacy of homework in K-12 settings. It’s a great piece, offering no easy answers as to whether homework is a boon or a bust as a pedagogical strategy. But it made me reflect on some changes in my own teaching of late. Last fall, the students in my upper-level seminar (15 students; a Tu/Th class; a 105-minute period) quickly showed signs of struggling to find time for research necessary to…