Re:My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
by MisterBastahrd on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:44PM
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I have two 7 year olds and a 9 year old. They are taught a remote curriculum, supplemented by homework in the form of online quizzes that reward correct answer with turns at a video game. They LOVE doing this homework, which is every bit as rigorous as the homework done via paper sheets, because it rewards them for getting their answers right in a way that a number at the top of a page never would. And they get their homework done quicker since procrastinating just keeps them from playing the games.
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Re:My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
by elliekelly on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @04:31PM
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This is interesting. I’ve been using the “fluent forever” method to learn a second language and one of the things it really stresses is the importance of immediate feedback. It makes perfect sense - it’s much easier to understand your mistake and correct it in the moment. But I’d never thought about it in the context of homework. It almost seems silly that we expect kids to wait a full 24 hours or more to find out whether they’ve done a math problem correctly or not.
Re:My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
by somethoughts on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:57PM
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Just out of curiosity what is the online quiz app? Is it Prodigy (www.prodigygame.com)?
Re:My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
by MisterBastahrd on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @05:56PM
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Prodigy is one of them. My 9 year old loves it because she gets to use her homework answers to get her flair for her character in the game.