681
A class in which students are
always passive is a class in which
neither the active experimenter
nor the reflective observer can
learn effectively. Unfortunately,
most engineering classes fall into
this category.
the techniques in every class but rather
to pick several that look feasible and
try them; keep the ones that work; drop
the others; and try a few more in the
next course. In this way a teaching
style that is both effective for students
and comfortable for the professor will
evolve naturally and relatively
painlessly, with a potentially dramatic
effect on the quality of learning that
subsequently occurs.
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