Re: [Phys-l] Lecture Isn't Effective: More Evidence #2

[ludwik kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

Lectures which I attended were mostly very effective. This was in  
Warsaw Polytechnic, in 1950s. We had no textbooks and taking good  
notes was essential. Taking notes was not a mechanical process; it was  
thinking in synchronism with the lecturer. Thinking was essential  
because one had to decide what is worth writing; recording everything  
was usually impossible.
Ludwik
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On Jul 20, 2011, at 12:37 AM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> On 2011, Jul 19, , at 18:29, carmelo@pacific.net.sg wrote:
>
> > Isn't The Feynman Lectures still effective? The conclusion should  
> > be "many did not know how to deliver lecture  effectively."
>
> Not what I'd read**!  Here's some evidence:
>
> "It is also acknowledged that these books are not well suited for  
> beginning physics students. Feynman's introductory physics courses  
> themselves, on which the books were based, were apparently failures-- 
> James Gleick details this in his biography of Feymnan (Genius)."
>
> http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0000qV
>
> I asked about the Eisberg and Lerner's text -- why it wan't used?   
> The reply was for the same reason Feynman's failed.
>
>
> **IIRC, on this list.  The above (and below) is a google result.
>
> bc, thesis student of Bob Eisberg (ca. 1962 - '65) and uses both for  
> reference.

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