Homework support

Homework support (SOS Devoirs)
 

Why have homework?

Homework has a positive influence on academic performance, provided that students know:

• Why they have to do the requested work (meaning of learning).

• What they have to do exactly (nature of tasks).

• How they must go about successfully completing the activities (strategies and processes useful for performing tasks).

• When they must seriously get down to work (daily schedule and routine).

• When they have to complete the work and hand-in the final result of their efforts (daily, weekly or monthly deadlines).

The Conseil des écoles fransaskoises (CÉF) has found a solution to the daily challenge of homework!

All students from grades 1 to 12 attending Saskatchewan French-language schools (and their parents) can use the free SOS Devoirs homework service. Students and parents who have questions about homework can now obtain answers from teachers by telephone, over the Internet, or via e-mail!

Call toll-free 1-866-627-0609 from anywhere in Saskatchewan, Monday to Thursday.

Visit http://www.sosdevoirs.org/, to find various other forms of help.

In chat mode, a teacher uses an electronic blackboard to help students reason and work through problems themselves.

E-mail your questions at any time. From Monday to Thursday, a teacher will answer you within 24 hours of your question being received.

SOS Devoirs is offered free of charge, by telephone and over the Internet, starting the third week of September and running until the second Thursday in June. Be sure to use it!