Re: Extra Credit (was Where Have All the Boys Gone?)

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

Hi all-


On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Joel Rauber wrote, in part:

> Dan & Jim & Others,
>
> Derivations are a bit of a hot-button issue for me.  I believe that one
> shouldn't have students do tasks for which they won't be made possibly
> responsible for later.  Derivations are a good example of this (whether
> done
> as part of lectures or in some sort of active engagement method),...

        I couldn't agree more enthusiastically.  Those of you who have
looked at the excerpts from my calculus text will note that every
derivation is given either as:
        1. an example to be followed in exercises; or
        2. an exercise; the exercise then leads the student
through the derivation.
                                Regards,
                                        Jack