Re: [MATHEDCC] Evening vs. Day
Al Roy (aroy@BRISTOL.MASS.EDU)
Fri, 25 Apr 1997 09:46:00 -0400 (EDT)
You are right on!! Education is the enterprise in which the consumers
manufacture their own product. That is, in education, the students educate
themselves using their own intelligence, ingenuity, drive and the
opportunities made available to them by the teacher and the school.
Thank You for your comment,
Al Roy
> On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, rock@math.ilstu.edu wrote:
>
> > The single ingredient that is most important for success in the teaching
> > and learning of mathematics is not a particular pedagogy, a particular
> > textbook, wonderful technology, nor the latest reforms in approach, but
> > rather hard work on a consistent basis by the student (because of the way
> > math material builds on itself).
> >
> > Just my opinion, but I believe this is what you are seeing with adult
> > learners, correct?
> >
> > Kevin Rock rock@math.ilstu.edu
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