MONITORING STUDENT PROGRESS AND POTENTIAL

Monitoring students' progress is in some way difficult because of all the differences between them.However, an effective teacher should be aware of all these obstacles and find a solution for them.During this procedure of minitoring students, teachers will feel a lot of pressure to prepare students to be successful not only on the tests, but also in life.Effective teachers employ all the tools at their disposal to make a positive impact on students, including the use of homework and feedback.

Why is homework so important?

The value of homework is often questioned because of the students participation in so many other activities outside school; that's why, teachers become frustrated with the number of students who do not complete homework assignments. The importance of homework goes further than becoming an extension of the classroom for the teacher.The basic purposes of homework are: practice, preparation, elaboration.

Practice homework  is the reinforcement of familiar concepts that need to be refined.

Preparation focused homework exposes a student to a concept that the class will study in-depth on the next school day.

Elaboration facilitates the exploration of related concepts.

Effective teachers not only assing homework, but also check and review it regularly; feedback on completed homework is particularly important because it gives the students a parameter for thei own correction.Effective teachers provide specific goals and guidelines for homework and allow students to meet those requirements in various creative ways, such as performances, creative literature, videotapes, or posters.They use homework as a tool to assess the learning needs of the students.

Teachers must provide feedback for their students to be aware of their learning process. Feedback should be given with the purpose of seing the progress of the students in a classroom.Effective teachers are engage in giving their students feedback; they also use a variety of assessment practices to monitor students learning, including fornmal and informal assessments, and formative and summative assessments.

The quality of homework assignments is the issue, not the quantity.