Re: The newest technology being used to teach math
Vern Kays (vkays@RICHLAND.CC.IL.US)
Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:52:56 -0600
I think this simply points out that for some students there are different
needs. Most of my students could not do the 1 meeting per week. They need
much more faculty support. A small number can do a course as an independent
study. Much of a 1-meeting per week would be similar. Diversity of delivery
is a good thing. I am much more concerned with the middle 60% who need
excellent teachers who know both the content and the appropriate pedagogy.
My matra of late is if it does not serve to enhance teacher/learning then we
should not do it. Now I believe that technology is a learning tool when
used by an appropriatly educated faculty. And our students need to know
what the strengths and weaknesses are when using technology. Not using it,
is I think a crime. Using technology will force us to rethink what must be
taught. 17 century mathematic may be useful but taken out of context, few
appriciate it relevance.
Back to my stat class
later
Vern
At 09:08 AM 1/24/97 -0600, Martha Haehl wrote:
>We have debated the issue of one night a week classes and the faculty (with
>one or two exceptions) think it is academically unsound.
>
>The night classes on our main campus are taught 2 nights a week and on a
>satelite campus are taught 1 night a week. There seems to be little or no
>statistical difference in student success rates of students in the two
>formats. We have nformally polled students in the 1-night a week classes.
>Most of them think it is a hard way to take math, but overwhelmingly would
>choose the 1-night a week format again because they deal with traffic,
>parking, rushed dinner and baby sitter only once.
>
>Martha