Homework: revealing understanding

One test: after the session, learners can do something unaided that they could not before. Without that, richness is noise.

Task: Homework gets copied and reveals nothing.

[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
   - the key point
   - their work context
   - grading time
   - submission method
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.

[Go through each of these]
- tie it to their own context so it cannot be copied
- one ability per question
- give criteria so they see the gap
- keep volume low enough to grade properly

[Process]
1. Write an observable 'can do' statement
2. Work backwards and cut what does not serve it
3. One ten-minute exercise per session
4. One question that exposes misunderstanding
5. Mark where learners drop out

[Output]
Goal, content, exercise, check, dropout point.

[Do not]
- No unobservable objectives like 'understand'
- One point per session
- Never lecture without practice
- Do not assume their interest matches yours