{"id":10476,"date":"2012-07-20T14:24:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T18:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=10476"},"modified":"2012-07-31T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T21:46:16","slug":"the-secret-lives-of-students-how-students-are-motivated-by-no-homework-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/07\/20\/the-secret-lives-of-students-how-students-are-motivated-by-no-homework-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Lives of Students: How Students Are Motivated By No Homework Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Breakthrough Miami<\/p>

Angelica Carr, 13, says having no homework will give students the time to study. <\/p><\/div>\n

For today\u2019s installment in our series, The Secret Lives of Students,<\/a> we hear from one student about the methods she would like teachers to use to help her learn.<\/em><\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: This post was written by middle school student Angelica Carr.<\/em><\/p>\n

By Angelica Carr<\/strong><\/p>\n

The methods of teaching that I like using are music, no homework, and field trips.<\/p>\n

I like these methods all for different reasons but mostly because they appeal to me in certain ways, and most students my age would agree.<\/p>\n

Music<\/strong><\/p>\n

I like using music as a method because you can learn almost anything through a song.<\/p>\n

You can make a song about math, language, history, and even language arts.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it does not even have to be a song; just a simple rhyme could serve the same purpose. Most of the time it\u2019s catchy so it\u2019s easy to remember, and it prevents teachers from having to teach the same subject more than once so they don\u2019t get behind with the lesson plans.<\/p>\n

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It benefits both sides of the situation and its fun for both the teacher and the student.<\/p>\n

No Homework<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another good method that I like is bribing the kids. No, not with money or any other material things, bribing them with no homework.<\/p>\n

Just think about it: most kids never want to do homework. Even when their lives depend on it, I guarantee you students would not want to do homework.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s just say you gave a lesson about a specific subject for 4 days out of the week. On Friday, give a test and whoever gets over an eighty percent as a grade, they have no homework passes for 3 days out of that month, or week.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a way to get students to actually study and grasp what they\u2019re learning so they don\u2019t have to do homework for a night or two that month, or week depending on who the teacher is.<\/p>\n

Field trips<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the best ways to teach a lesson is to go on field trips.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say you go to a private school and you are learning about Egypt. Wouldn\u2019t you rather go to Egypt and learn about the pyramids than sit inside a class and get lectured all day?<\/p>\n

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Breakthrough Miami<\/p>

Angelica Carr, 13, with her Teaching Intern Steve Stellini, a student at the University of Miami.<\/p><\/div>\n

However, on a more realistic level, if your class is learning about plants or insects, then they should take a trip to Fairchild Botanical Gardens.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s about a fifteen dollar trip to go see flowers, beautiful pieces of blown glass, serene areas, and butterflies that you can get so close to that you can practically pick them up and analyze them.<\/p>\n

To me, and probably all practical and sensible people in the world would agree with me as well. It seems so much better to go out it the world and explore what you\u2019re learning about than sit in a room all day and hear about it.<\/p>\n

Angelica Carr, 13, is a rising 8th grade student at Coral Reef Montessori Academy. During the summer school program with Breakthrough Miami she attends the\u00a0Miami Country Day school campus.<\/em><\/p>\n

For the next month we\u2019ll hear from students about life in Florida schools. They\u2019ll open up about\u00a0tricks they learn to pass the\u00a0<\/a>FCAT<\/a>, using outdated textbooks,\u00a0school cliques<\/a>, and other aspects of school\u00a0life.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For today\u2019s installment in our series, The Secret Lives of Students, we hear from one student about the methods she would like teachers to use to help her learn.<\/p>\n

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