Re: [Phys-l] Textbook selection time again ...& HW Services

["Rauber, Joel" <Joel.Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>]

Our students print assignments all the time.  I'm not entirely sure why, but there are a host of reasons I suppose, perhaps including: but perhaps they prefer reading it off of paper.  The paper does provide a surface that they can mark on with a pen or pencil.  It's useful to bring the sheet of paper in for office hours, etc.

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Joel Rauber, Ph.D
Professor and Acting Head of Physics
Department of Physics
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 57007
Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
605.688.5428

> -----Original Message-----
> From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
> bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Smith
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:40 PM
> To: Forum for Physics Educators
> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Textbook selection time again ...& HW Services
>
> At 4:34 PM -0400 4/16/09, Arts, Robert W. wrote:
> > Along the same line....
> >
> > We've used the HW Service at UT Austin (now Quest) for the last 7
> years or
> > so and are considering moving to either Mastering Physics or
> WebAssign.
> > Does anyone have experience using both systems that would like to
> share a
> > compare and contrast?  I know that I'm leaning more towards WebAssign
> > since Mastering Physics will not allow students to print an entire
> > assignment at one time...only problem by problem...which I find
> > inconvenient.
>
>
> Why would students want to print assignments?
>
> Cheers,
> Larry
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