Homework Completion

I am currently working on increasing completion rates for homework in all of my classes. I have noticed that students who typically fail my classes or are receiving lowers letter grades have done so not because of poor test results (although on rare occasions this is the case) but rather because students fail to turn in their homework. Because homework makes up 40 percent of students' overall grade, this can have and does have a dramatic impact. My next goal is to try and implement new strategies in the classroom that will increase homework completion. Some of the things that I will try to implement include allowing students to start their homework in class before they leave for the day. Also, I plan on grading their homework on a much more regular basis. In addition, I hope to try to create new types of homework that allow students to see the relevance in the material and how it should matter to them. Lastly, I plan to differentiate my homework so that it reaches all learners of of different styles and learning types. Although I have given students choices in the past on which homework items they can complete, I will continue to do this as it seems to be rather helpful for students of all levels of learning.