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Why don't we just give the student a fairly detailed description ofwhat
we want him to learn and let him learn it by whatever means works best forfor
him? There are so many resources available today that there is no excuse
not being able to do that. To have a teacher or professor stand in frontof
a room and tell students things they can learn on their own is a terribledigging
waste of professional time, and an insult to the student. It also puts the
student in the passsive learning mode rather than the active mode of
it out on his own. The professor could be available a given number ofhours
to direct the student progress, both what is learned and how or where toready.
find it.
With today's technology, we could make up a hundred different tests to
assess the student and tell him that he can take the test when he is
He could also be given more than one chance to pass the test.
Fred Bucheit retired Physics teacher
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