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From: nevin1@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Liber)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Student and Course Integrity
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Date: 28 Dec 88 02:03:19 GMT
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In article <31@rpi.edu> mccombt@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Todd McComb) writes:
>But, do you think there
>is a better place to teach them than in a classroom?  That was my
>assertion.

I'm not sure.  I think things like Purdue's "Rube Goldberg" contest
definitely help, since it gets students to actually *think* about what
they have learned.  If things like this are replacing the classroom, I'm
all for it!
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