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Homework Guidelines

大学实验室高中的家庭作业指导方针与其提供学生所需的学术挑战以帮助他们发展学术天赋和才能的理念是一致的. 家庭作业是本校学生学习活动中重要而必要的一部分. Homework includes daily and long term assignments, such as reading, written exercises, problem sets, preparation for exams, term papers, projects, and daily review and daily preparation for class. 家庭作业在课堂上的作用和在分数计算中的权重将由教师确定.

As a rough guideline, 大学老师平均每节课每晚布置的家庭作业不超过30分钟. 教师试图判断一个普通学生以平均速度完成这项工作需要多长时间. A student carrying six academic courses, therefore, 你能假设他/她每晚有三个小时左右的家庭作业吗. One should bear in mind that many classes Computer Literacy, fine arts, 体育很少需要大量的家庭作业，大多数学生可以在空闲时间开始他们的家庭作业. 即使老师知道其他课没有作业，每晚30分钟的平均作业时间也应该保持不变.

当老师布置作业时，周末应该考虑一个晚上. Three day weekends should also be considered one night; students should not expect a doubling of homework over a three-day weekend. 在感恩节等长假期间不布置家庭作业, winter break, and spring vacation. Homework cannot be due on Mondays. In addition, 老师不应该在感恩节后的第二天或第三天布置大的项目或论文, winter break, and spring break; so doing is in conflict with the spirit of the homework-free-vacation guideline. Teachers may assign a one-night assignment of homework during Agora Week; Agora Week should treated like a weekend regarding homework load.

家庭作业政策假定学生们每天都要完成作业，并在几天或几周内有效地预算他们的时间来完成长期作业. Study time for announced tests, work on major projects, 而写需要晚上学习/工作时间的重要论文也被认为是家庭作业的一部分. 老师可能会在大考或截止日期的前几天布置作业, 但他们应该把考试的学习时间、项目和论文的完成时间作为每晚30分钟分配的一部分. In many instances, therefore, teachers will find it impossible to give regular, daily homework assignments a few days before a test, project, 或者论文到期，除了测试学习或主要项目或论文的完成时间.

It is suggested that long term projects, including papers, 在项目或论文的最终和完整版本到期之前，将作品设计成更小的部分. 大三和大四的学生将被分配更多的长期任务，要求发展和展示复杂的自我管理技能.

Periodically, 行政部门将要求所有教师通过学生使用家庭作业反馈表的反馈来检查家庭作业负荷. 家庭应该在第一天与学生分享的老师公开信/教学大纲中，以及开放日晚上与家长分享的课程中，寻找明确的家庭作业期望.

如果一个学生很难在一般的时间框架内完成作业, 学生或家长应与老师和/或辅导员联系，以获得有关科目准备和时间管理技能的建议. 学生或家长关于作业量或其他作业问题的问题应首先向老师提出. 进一步的问题应向部门执行教师提出. If the issue is still not resolved, students and parents should contact the Associate Director, who will investigate and establish any necessary changes, 在教师视角、学生视角和家长视角之间进行协调. 一般来说，副主任利用学校资源帮助学生提高处理家庭作业的能力，并让教师对家庭作业政策负责. 遵守家庭作业政策将是教师评估过程的一部分.Just like students have responsibilities to learn new study strategies, 执行教师有责任帮助教师制定策略，以达到家庭作业的期望. 执行教师可以帮助教师看到“少即是多”的家庭作业哲学的好处.

Due Dates for Major Tests, Major Projects, and Major Papers

Teachers must use the online test, project, and paper calendar and should refrain from scheduling major tests, major projects, 当同一年级的学生在某一天可能有多个主要的交稿日期时，就会出现主要的交稿日期. 当同一年级的学生似乎有很多重要的考试时，教师也应该避免安排主要的截止日期, projects, or papers in the same week. The online test calendar is at http://oldgloryradio.com/calendar/list/3797. However, because students daily schedules are unique, 偶尔会有一个学生在同一天有两个以上的主要活动. Students who realize they have more than two tests, papers, 或者任何一天的项目都应该和相关的老师谈谈，并要求缓解, which will give the student additional time to complete the work. It is the student's responsibility to ask teachers for special consideration in this situation; students should not wait until the last minute to request changes. 在大多数情况下，最后分配的工作是给予救济的任务. Communicating and deciding priorities should occur among teachers. 学生们不需要和大人们协商哪项作业排在最后. If students encounter excessive due dates in a day or week, students and parents should first contact teachers, then executive teachers, and then the Associate Director.