On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Yuvi Panda <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Arun Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> If any of the faculty members following this list/seeing this email >> thread, kindly requesting to get rid of using standard programs for using >> lab exercises >> and come out with individual assignments for students. > > > We convinced one (new) staff to actually make the students write their > own programs. Simple Data Structures. Linked Lists, Double Linked > Lists, Binary Trees, etc. > > Result? Three months were down, and 90% of the class was *still > struggling with doubly linked lists*. That was not counting those who > still hadn't been able to get Singly linked lists to work. Most of > which was, mind you - still copied - from other students > (unofficially). > > The staff are not entirely to blame. They're 'just doing their job' - > which is to help students get 'marks', and not to actually get them to > learn anything.
I agree, students also should come forward if staff open to ahead with the new approach or giving choice on their own, take that as a advantage and use it. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
