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From: rang@cpsin3.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang)
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Subject: Re: Net Textbooks
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Date: 18 May 89 04:04:20 GMT
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In-reply-to: darin@nova.laic.uucp's message of 17 May 89 21:23:22 GMT

In article <556@laic.UUCP> darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson) writes:

   When I was in school, I found that sections (which were designed for
   discussions and questions, etc.) had far fewer discussions than in
   lectures.  Part of the problem was that students went to sections
   expecting to go over answers to the last test, etc.  Also, there are
   not very many students willing to speak up.  In a small section, that
   usually amounts to no-one wanting to enter a discussion.

Depends.  I went to a small undergrad school (about 4500 students),
and our senior-level CS courses typically had 8-12 students.  We had a
*lot* of discussion, and covered much more material than equivalent
courses at larger schools (at least, the two or three large schools
I've visited) did.
  Then again, it probably helped that everybody in the CS department
knew each other by that time.  I don't know how well having, say,
15-person sections would work when the people don't know each
other....

  Followups to comp.edu.

		Anton

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