On 2/28/10, without corresponding instruction wrote:
> The problem, at least in math, is the same one we have
> when kids go on a cruise for a week or two and parents
> want their homework...very few of the kids can do the work
> without the instruction and some hands on help.
>
> Maybe I could give them a worksheet from a year ago, but
> if they already know it then it's just busy work. If they
> don't know it then they can't do it right and you get them
> practicing wrong -- which is worse than not practicing at
> all.
>
> I would rather see them reading and having to write a
> report on what they read each day.

It's true that work completed independently ISS rarely has the
same instructional value as work completed in the classroom.
But why a worksheet "from a year ago"? Do you give homework?
There must be more recent work which the student is now able to
do independently which he/she could practice - something recent
which the student could review (a worksheet, review problems
from the text, etc). A reading assignment is appropriate as
well.

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