Homework for IB MYP students

acdad

Please share the experience  of how many hours  of homework your kids need to spend daily.

LeeMama328

Can some of you existing MYP parents share some examples of MYP homework and exam questions?
I would like to how will MYP compare with GCE in terms of exam questions.
Thanks,

belledog

acdad 發表於 13-3-13 14:42
My year 11 girl works till 12am almost every night.

If your girl has pp fair last week, then probably they are in the same school and same grade, or maybe we know each other?{:1_1:}

ANChan59

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Slamai
Thanks for your explanation and I fully aware the burden and stress of IBDP for my boy.

ANChan59

slamai

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DP1 may be easier to handle (as compared with the last year of MYP) given (i) the choice of subjects is optimised for the student as compared with a wider spectrum of mandatory subjects in MYP and (ii) prior experience (e.g. time management) gained in MYP in tackling personal project (re: extended essay, etc. in DP).  For DP2, due to the short duration before DP exam and lots of U applications and interviews, etc. coupled with stress (re: open exam and U entrance competition), it will be very hard for the student.

ANChan59

belledog 發表於 13-3-15 14:55
Hi ANChan59My daughter is quite good with her time mangement, as I feel that, her classmates always  ...

In that case, just few months to go, and will be easier in IBDP relatively.

belledog

Annie123 發表於 13-3-15 09:35
我的經驗，覺得 year 11  是最忙的。
我女兒學校在 year 10 - 11 有很多 C&S 要做，還要兼顧 personal pr ...

我也希望如此, year 11 真的忙到不得了，剛完成了personal project, 現在又有2 個assessment, 真是壓力到不得了，現在已頇知Easter 有2 篇essay 及要預備4月考試！

belledog

ANChan59 發表於 13-3-15 09:21
Hi belledog
Do you know her time management compare with her classmates? Her classmates have the sam ...

Hi ANChan59My daughter is quite good with her time mangement, as I feel that, her classmates always work overnight or just sleep for 2-3 hours daily, I meet many parents also complain about this, just like last week, she has 2 tests and 2 assessments, moreover, she has her personal project exhibition in school, which year 11 students spent 9 months to prepare, so you can imagine how much work load she has. In the previous years before year 8, I think it's quite ok, she still had time to play and enjoy her holidays, but now, ' holidays' without work is just a dream!

hhy2007

WY mom:  Thanks a lot for your sharing and advice. I'll take it as a reference and work with my daughter to make her fully prepared for IBDP.

Shrimpyggy: Thanks.  Ahh, I have to admit I am still not sure whether or not my daughter is truly gifted, because the gifted programs she has been doing are more like advanced-learning or enrichment courses at this stage. She has not yet encountered the difficult part, or the so-called bottleneck. Only till then, we would know by observing how she handles that level of problems.

Back to MYP, from my observation, MYP is good for self-motivated students. The hours spent on homework should not be a yardstick for assessing whether MYP is easy or hard to handle, because students with different levels of ability and self-expectation need different length of time to complete their homework. Some kids spend a lot of time in perfecting their homework, while some kids just complete their homework as quick as possible and submit their work without glancing back, so that they can do other things that interest them. MYP is not intimidating as it sounds, but like other programs, no one can excel in any programs without due commitment.           

ANChan59

belledog 發表於 13-3-15 08:28
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Same as your daughter, My year 11 girl also work till midnight everyday, if there ...

Hi belledog
Do you know her time management compare with her classmates? Her classmates have the same issue?

How's her workload in previous years?

Also, what subject mix of her studies? Her workload is subject specific or across the board?

ANChan59

belledog

WYmom 發表於 13-3-13 16:27
My child in year 12 studying IBD also works until mid-night everyday... workload is really very heav ...

Yes, totally agreed. My girl doesn't have any rest, especially on holidays, actually there's no holidays at all:(  , she's in year 11 now, the workload is really more than one could handle.

belledog

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Same as your daughter, My year 11 girl also work till midnight everyday, if there's test or project due tomorrow, then she work till 2-3am....:( and that's MYP

Shrimpiggy

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My daughter may be an outlier. I notice that she has little homework to do at home.  She told me she ...

God bless you got a gifted daughter.

Shrimpiggy

God creates us on a fair ground. No matter what you have chosen for your life,  you can only make yourself satisfied to fulfill your goal.

WYmom

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It's common for junior secondary students to spend less time on homework than the senior students... my child also did not need to spend a lot of time on homework from Y7-11 (but she took GCSE, not MYP), but rather spent most time on other activities.  Yet in IBD, working hard everyday is the only key.

hhy2007

My daughter may be an outlier. I notice that she has little homework to do at home.  She told me she finished part of her homework at school.  As the homework is given on a weekly basis, I normally see her do homework 2-3 nights a week. For the rest of nights, she reads a lot for fun. She spends a chunk of time on after-school activities just because she likes to meet her friends outside school. To be honest, I don't feel comfortable at this, so I enroll her in some gifted programs.  She is doing well in these gifted programs but never studies more than required. She is always able to keep decent scores for all her subjects, but never wants to push herself a little further. She's in lower years of MYP. Maybe things will change in later years.