What particularly bothered me was being deprived of the erudition of the
professor in the classroom setting; and the fact that I learned less than I
did in regular courses. (This was particularly frustrating to me because I
knew the professor was capable of giving good lectures.) This is both a
combination of less coverage and the fact that I learned only what was
necessary to earn the marks. In this system it was very clearly defined
what one needed to do for the 'A', and I did that, nothing more, nothing
less. Finished the requirement in half a quarter, and then spent time on
other things.
My personal "learning style", is that I will learn more and participate more
if the requirements are somewhat fuzzy.
I forgot, the other experience, my first quarter calculus class, the teacher
taught throught the "Texas school method"; somewhat self-paced, but we did
have lectures, where the students were supposed to generate the mathematics
in class. I quickly figured out that this class was only going to get about
half-way through the material compared to other classes and dropped the
section after one week to get into a more traditionally taught course. I've
never regretted the decision.
Joel R.
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| RAUBER, JOEL wrote:
|
| >| This is starting to sound like the Keller method of self-paced
| >| instruction which was in vogue several years ago. I used
| the method
| >| for several years, and basically liked the approach very
| much as did
| >| most of my students. The problem with the method, in my case, was
| >| personnell (there was only
| >| me) and time ( I had other courses) so I abandoned the
| approach for a
| >| more conventional approach - to stay sane! James Mackey
| >|
| >
| >The class I had like this as a student I disliked immensely, I was
| >deprived of lectures from the instructor and learned less
| than I did in
| >traditional courses.
| >
| >Joel R.
| >
| >
| I can remember only two students out of about 40 who did not
| prefer the method - after the semester end! That approval
| increased over time as they took later courses. Those two,
| as I remember, really disliked the approach strongly. James Mackey
|