Show Q Letters to the Editor r p Over the years several questions about homework load credit hours etc have been raised as result of observations of student course coursework coursework coursework work and in discussions with and by students Among these are How come courses like Accounting Accounting Accounting Account Account- ing 5 clock hours per week which carry 4 credits involve more homework homework homework home home- work than courses like Math Mathi 5 clock hours per week wl which ch carry 5 credits I am sure there are other areas where homework credit-homework balance balance balance bal bal- ance is in question What is the reason How come students taking the same course the same quarter from different instructors will have different different different dif dif- ferent amounts of homework assigned assigned assigned as as- signed by the various instructors What is the standard What is the rule for quantity of homework assignments Is it based on credit hour load Are credit hours a fair measure of expected t homework If a student takes 15 credit hours the student probably attends 5 hours of classes per day or 25 hours per week If the student received 1 hour per week homework outside of class clas for each credit hour this would make 15 hours of homework outside of class or a hour 40 week for the student Should there there be a a policy on th the load assigned to students Or should the student take his chances on homework load assignments ts Do some teachers think their course is the only one the student is taking How do the students feel Al Dye |