Students also learn more when assignments require more effort. For example long-term retention (over many years) of coursework assignment topics is better than exam assignments.
(Memory for research methods also tends to be better than that of other topics - consistent with students finding the assignments harder but there are probably other factors). Thom . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
