--Tony Armstrong
Somerset Community College
Somerset, KY
At 04:16 PM 10/9/98 GMT, you wrote:
>On Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:02:32 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>While I see the use of note cards on tests in relieving anxiety etc. I'm
>>afraid I'd have to agree with Lillie and Karen that students are crippled
>>when they don't have certain information at their fingertips.
>
><<SNIP>>
>
>>Just my 2 cents worth!
>>
>>Sandy Spears
>>Jefferson Community College
>>Louisville, KY 40202
>
>I'm in agreement as well. Mind-boggling how many students these days
>access my curriculum without knowing 24 A modules make a regular unit
>volume tetrahedron, 48 A + 48 B modules an octahedron of volume 4 --
>something they should have learned in 4th grade! The absence of even
>such basic knowledge (without resorting to lookup tables) really slows
>them down.
>
>Kirby
>
>Reading:
>http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/modules.html
>
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