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

[Larry Smith <Larry.Smith@SNOW.EDU>]

At 4:03 PM -0400 8/3/00, Michael Edmiston wrote:

> If I had to include group discussions in the 50-minute lecture period, I
> would certainly cover much less material than I presently cover.  This
> brings us to the age-old question of whether it is better to cover more
> material at some level, or less material at a deeper level.  I presume we do
> not necessarily want to start that argument in this thread, but I think that
> is where we end up when we think about the possibility of having discussions
> in class.

Actually, the visiting "expert" was repeatedly confronted with that concern
but was _adamant_ that one could cover _more_ material with his method
because students would really be motivated to read the chapter before the
class activity.  The professor only has to deal with the concepts the
students didn't understand in their reading, rather than having to plod
through the whole chapter (some of which the students easily understand if
they read it).

Larry