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

["John Clement" <clement@hal-pc.org>]

But how does she know that they were really engaged and learned well?  Just
observing a lecture does not tell you what is going on in the minds of the
students.  This is one of the problems with what people believe.  You have
to pre and posttest to see what has actually happened and not rely on what
you see.  Chinese students are certainly more polite and out of respect
would try to appear attentive, but this does not show what processing was
actually going on.  They will appear attentive even when no significant
processing is going on.  American students will let you know if they are
bored.


John M. Clement
Houston, TX


> A friend of mine visited a school in China and she was very 
> impressed  
> how the students were fully engaged during lectures.
> She tried to use the same lesson for her students, but it did 
> not work.