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   From: time2study@catcher.in.the.rye   
      
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   2study@gmail.com (A. Student) wrote:   
   >   
   >f000000000000bar  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Yes, that's what I meant.  My best learning is done in essentially   
   >> complete isolation.  If I were in charge of the way college courses   
   >> were taught, it would work like this:   
   >>   
   >> Buy the textbook at the beginning of the semsester and receive   
   >> whatever information the professor wants to hand out, including   
   >> previous copies of final exams.  Go home and learn the material, and   
   >> ask the professor any questions that arise (but don't expect him to   
   >> *teach* you the material).  If a question begins to come up   
   >> frequently, the professor compiles a handout trying to clarify some   
   >> points and lets the students know about it.  The final exam is given   
   >> at the end of the semester.   
   >>   
   >> Most students here would moan and groan about this type of thing.   
   >> That's because they expect to be spoonfed whatever they "need" to know   
   >> (for a test, not for learning's sake) in a lecture.  I simply hate the   
   >> whole concept of a lecture.  The idea that we're going to tell   
   >> students what is and isn't "fact".   
   >   
   >But that's what a text book and handouts do, too.  The difference   
   >between a lecture and a portion of textbook plus notes is that the   
   >textbook plus notes is visual only, while the lecture is aural, and   
   >frequently audiovisual (most lecturers I've encountered include OHPs,   
   >powerpoint presentations, often notes you can access before the   
   >lecture to scribble on).   
      
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   >Most education systems, particularly at tertiary level, don't take   
   >into account that some students learn better kinaesthetically, by   
   >movement.  It'd be hard to include that into courses, but it'd improve   
   >the experience a great deal for that percentage of students -- and for   
   >most other students too:  most people learn not entirely by one, but   
   >by a mixture of all styles, so teaching with a mixture will improve   
   >results.   
      
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