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From: m87_jan_c@tdb.uu.se (Jan Carlsson)
Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.math,sci.physics
Subject: Re: Student preparedness
Message-ID: <568@tdb.uu.se>
Date: 8 Jan 89 22:24:02 GMT
References: <4893@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <6435@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <5237@pdn.UUCP> <2145@faline.bellcore.com> <210@uncmed.med.unc.edu> <541@mccc.UUCP> <589@cavs.syd.dwt.oz>
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In article <589@cavs.syd.dwt.oz>, johng@cavs.syd.dwt.oz (John Gardner) writes:
 >
>In article <541@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes:
>>
>>A fairly popular scheme based on handing out lecture notes is called
>>"partial notes".  The instructor prepares lecture notes as usual but
>>then deletes about 50% of what's there, leaving empty space.  This permits the
>>student to take some notes but not all, and encourages preparation so
>>that the student will know what's in the notes.  Pretty useful in a wide
>>variety of courses.
>
>You have got to be kidding.  The one course at uni that did that was the
>greatest nightmare for me.

 Excuse me,but you arn't kidding both of you,are you ?   I find it hard
 to belive that  adults are supposed to do something like that ,("uni"
 means university,dosen't it ?). But I have no experience of the US
 education system so I may have got something wrong ?