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- From: rbp@netcom.com (Bob Pasker)
- Subject: Re: Large lecture sections
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.170026.26527@netcom.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:00:26 GMT
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- we had a long discussion about this last semester at the history
- student's assocation meeting.
-
- currently, the largest classes (surveys) have about 65 students and
- the students are expected to take essay exams, which are graded by
- $6/hour seniors & grad students and reviewed by the prof. with the
- budget cuts at CSU, there is a possibility that the dept. will have to
- enlarge the classes, and the administration is offering use of large
- lecture halls and an auditorium.
-
- the problem with large lectures is that some profs. feel that the
- lower division survey courses are where electrical engineering and
- sculpture students sometimes figure out that history is what they
- really want to study. i think this is a valid point, as my interest
- in history was not a result of a pre-existing burning desire, but from
- the interest and encouragement of an instructor in my first american
- history survey course. although i cannot say for sure, i don't think
- i would have had the same reaction had it been a 600 person class.
-
- well, this doesnt really answer the original poster's question: how to
- do, but instead questions the wisdom of what seems to be becoming a
- growing trend.
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