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"Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne_at_acm.org> wrote in message
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> Quoth Lemming <thiswillbounce_at_bumblbee.demon.co.uk>:
> > On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:54:21 -0400, "Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>I used collaboration to the hilt, especially in lab work. If one
student
> >>already "got it" and explained it to another student who didn't "get
it",
> >>as far as I was concerned, real education was going on. Of course, I
> >>wasn't responsible for certifying these people. The only certificate
> >>Digital gave them was a certificate of attendance.
> >
> > I concur. And perhaps surprisingly to those who have never worked as
> > a trainer, the person who gains the most from such collaboration is
> > often the person who you describe as the one who has already "got it".
> > One of the best ways to learn, or to consolidate learning, is to
> > explain it to someone else.
>
> What was a pain when I was taking Stats 311 (linear regression, taken
> from 'first principles'), was that I wound up doing a fair bit of that
> "explanation," and then saw some of the 'explainees' (my classmates)
> getting better marks than I did...
>
> Of course, I always hated stats...
They're just a pack of lies anyway. Received on Fri Oct 15 2004 - 08:45:50 CDT