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

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Hi all.  Yes, BUT...
	Let's not hold back the intellectual elite...  As a Nobel Laureate 
(physics) once told me, "They left me alone".  My question had been, "What 
did they do that was right?"
			Regards,
				Jack

"Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Sat, 20 Aug 2011, Hugh Haskell wrote:

> At 10:48 AM +0800 8/21/11, carmelo@pacific.net.sg wrote:
> > The best students may learn much faster through ?independent learning?
> > such as reading classic texts, lecture notes and occasional guidance.
> That may well be true, although it is far from
> certain. But education is not just for the
> intellectual elite, especially at the pre-college
> level, and typically, well into the undergraduate
> level. So shouldn't we be looking for the methods
> that work for everyone, or a menu of methods so
> that everyone can learn in the method by which
> they are most successful? I think it has been
> shown pretty conclusively, at least for the
> non-elite students, and particularly at the
> introductory level, that lecture is not a
> particularly effective approach to teaching, and
> even if we all had photographic (or
> audiographic?) memories it is hardly the way to
> make sure the students are learning to think
> about the subject, and/or in general.
>
> The argument that lecture works well for the top
> level students, even if it is true, doesn't imply
> that therefore we should use it for everyone.
>
> Hugh
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