> Hi All,
> I wonder if any of you have had the same experience as I have with
> evening and day classes. Let me begin by telling you that our day classes
> are composed of recent high school graduates. Our evening classes are
> attended by mostly adults. I always teach a beginning Algebra both day and
> evening. The results are almost always the same.
> This semester I
> started with 30 students in the evening. I have 26 still enrolled and all
> but two will probably get a grade of C or better. Attendance is excellent.
> More than half the class has missed less than two classes. They pay very
> close attention to lectures. They do their homework.
> During the day a class of 27 ends with about 15. Of these, 5 will
> receive a D or F. Attendance is awful. Assignments are rarely done.
> The foremat is different for day and evenings. Day classes meet three
> times a week while evening classes meet only once.
> I teach both the same way. I cover the same material. The rooms,the
> book,etc. are all the same. There is probably more tutoring available
> days. The format seems to also favor days. Yet evening success rates are
> astounding. Last term I had three 100's on the final in my evening class.
> My highest grade in the day was 83.
> No placement test is given in the evening. There is one for day
> students.
> I ask again, has anyone out there had the same or a similar
> experience??
> Keep The Faith.
> Al Roy
>
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