Monday, February 16, 2015

Do Parents Think More Worksheets=More Learning?

As part of my online class I've been asked to evaluate one of my current teaching practices. After doing some serious thinking, I have decided that I might be using too many worksheets in my teaching. I have been integrating technology a lot more than I used to, but I still feel like I need to use several worksheets. I plan to make myself a promise to start small and at least cut out 1 worksheet that I would typically use each week and find a technology substitute. The main reservation I have about using a small amount of worksheets is that I'm afraid parents may disapprove. I know so many parents (including mine when I was a kid) ask to see their papers when their kids come home each day. I know this is often times because when they ask kids what they learned in school that day they reply, "I don't know." At least if they have worksheets to look at they know I taught them something! I just don't want parents to start thinking I'm hardly ever teaching anything because their kids aren't bringing home papers. By next year at this time all of my kids will have their own device to take home, so I'm predicting that my feelings about this will change by then. Parents will expect their children to be completion a large amount of work virtually at that point. Until then, I'll try to gradually wean myself off of worksheets and hope for the best...

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