Re: constructivism, was quantization

[LUDWIK KOWALSKI <KOWALSKIL@alpha.montclair.edu>]

Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 Hugh Logan <hlogan@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> ... one is disappointed to find out how little is understood by the
> students after attending lectures. 

Donald Simanek once formulated the most basic law of learning. He wrote
NOTHING WORKS UNLESS STUDENTS WORK? Attending lectures should be only the 
first step. The whole point of constructivist's practice, as I understand
it, is to impose active participation during the time which would otherwise
be devoted to lecturing. But even this does not work if there is no desire 
to learn independently at home. Trivial? Yes. Worth repeating?