Tom S on Eedi Newsletter

In Building Thinking Classrooms, Peter Liljedahl had already given up with homework as assessment due to the inability of knowing who exactly has done the homework. AI just makes it all the more likely. His solution I think lines up most with a combination of number 3 and number 4 above. It is to 'rebrand' homework as 'check your understanding', and instead make sure students know they you will never check that they have done it. By framing it psychologically as ENTIRELY for them, it inscreases the likelihood that they might do it and learn something from it. Of course, this interacts with various other techniques of his, such as the ongoing rubric style assessment. My context is a little different these days. But it is interesting that the UK is still having to deal with these homework issues despite the fact that homework doesn't contribute towards any external assessment. I think that illustrates that students have always thought that homework is for their teacher, and not for themselves. I think that that is the biggest lesson here.