Finally, have you asked struggling students why the work is not getting done? If students feel you care, more often than not they will honestly tell you why.Are you catching the problem early? When too many assignments are missed before we help, students can dig a hole so deep, it becomes their grave.Imagine how a student must feel who cooks, cleans, and cares for younger brothers/sisters after school, just to be told by their teacher the next day that they must learn how to work harder and be responsible because they did not do their homework. Others may go home and serve as the primary caregiver to younger siblings. Are there factors outside of school that interfere with a student’s ability to complete their homework? Some students work after school to help their family make ends meet.Does the homework require extra supplies at home? Some students can’t go to the craft store to get supplies.or busy work? Let’s be honest, there is a lot of homework that really is not tied to essential standards. If we have not checked to make sure our students have learned the skills needed to complete their homework, then it is unreasonable and unfair to hold students accountable to do the work.

Students cannot complete what they do not know how to do.

Are you sure our students have learned the skills required to complete the homework? Homework is to reinforce what a child has learned, not to teach the concept.

Before jumping to this conclusion, I recommend a school staff consider the following questions. how do we motivate them to do their homework?” While there are certainly students at every school that lack the self-responsibility to get their work done, it is misleading and often inaccurate to assume student desire is the primary cause of missing homework.

Whenever I present on effective interventions, one of the most common questions I receive is: “Too many of our students just won’t try.

Why dont i want to do my homework