I gave a book report assignment to one of my classes at the beginning of
the semester.The book report was due at the end of the term,so students
had about 12 weeks to do the assignment.To my surprise,about half of the
class did not have in by the due date and they arte asking for an
extension.
Michael,
What has worked well for my classes is to assign a term
paper/experimental research study at the beginning of the semester with a
specific outline of what is expected and when. They must submit a "topic
statement" within three weeks with at least three annotated sources. This
gets
