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Analyzing our approach to assignment deadlines

The faculty attitude to assignment deadlines:  Let's discuss this at faculty meeting! We make homework assignments in order to     ⁃    extend learning a topic already covered     ⁃    reinforce learning a topic currently discussed     ⁃    prepare for a specific performance task as a group (discussion, recitation, lab, etc)     ⁃    provide differentiation, so all students can learn more material (if some cannot finish within classtime limits, then finish at home)     ⁃    cover basic principles in advance (flipped classroom), so that classtime can be spent on questions and coaching     ⁃    accomplish a capstone project that represents culmination of the course learning goals We set deadlines for assignments in order to:     •    emulate adult life, prepare them for adult l...