Hausaufgabe

Noun

 * 1) homework assignment, a piece of exercise or examination by which a teacher or examiner tries the performance of a student

Usage notes

 * The plural Hausaufgaben indicates homework in general
 * In educational context, the terms Hausaufgabe and  are largely interchangeable in principle. Apart from local preferences, we can distinguish those domestic exercises given in, those given in further educational institutions, and even those part of vocational examinations.


 * For instance, one such assignment, variably named by the either term, was historically part of the state certification program required after  in Germany to gain access to legal professions, rather than included in school programs, until reformed in that respect by the  in 2003 (see the ministerial statistics for all states following this year), after which, in favour of greater import of scientific study of the law, universities had to examine a final coursework  along a written five-hour test  according to the  in one, the , the examinations about which weigh 30 % of the total mark according to federal requirement (§ 5d Abs. 2 ). the remaining 70 % left for the state to examine. A limited number of term papers called  and such a final one, if not a thesis – not required for a  prepared for in science colleges –, remain the only scientific works many German university students have to complete, and homework Hausaufgaben is no general occurrence after secondary education; Hausarbeiten is the name of s obligatory over the semesters of academic graduation. In comparison to Anglo-Saxon education systems, the Central European nudges towards students are low, see , so  sounds childish at that stage of education: distinguish , alternatively.