If he has some homework that could be programmed away maybe suggest he automate it? I understand there would be concern that he wouldn't "really" learn whatever

If he has some homework that could be programmed away maybe suggest he automate it? I understand there would be concern that he wouldn't "really" learn whatever the underlying task was but I've always come away from an automation task with a much deeper understanding of the underlying problem than I got from just doing it repeatedly.