Marc Baudoin schrieb: > What's the point in having an order then (especially when it's > numbered)?
The numbering makes it easier to refer to individual objectives when discussing them. As for the order, that sort-of falls out of having numbered objectives, but the ordering should not be over-interpreted. > The problems I see is that trainees like (very much) to match > what they're studying to the official objectives (which is > perfectly legitimate) and it's much easier when the course and > the training materials are in the same order than the objectives. Horses for courses. I have always found it easier to teach the material in a logical progression much like the one Alan has outlined, rather than in objective order, and I have (co-)written an LPI prep book following that approach which I'm happy to say has been selling very well indeed, so at least some people seem to prefer being introduced to the material in a »didactical« rather than »numerical« sequence. On the other hand, our own training materials are extensively cross-referenced with respect to the objectives, so somebody who would prefer going through the objectives one after the other would also be able to find where each objective's content is being discussed. > In that, the official objectives should provide a logicial and > progressive path for trainees and trainers (or so I believe). I think that the objective list should focus on stating succinctly what candidates are expected to know for the exam – no more, no less. Trying to make it into a course syllabus/agenda would probably only make it worse as far as its original purpose is concerned, while the resulting agenda would still leave a lot of room for disagreement and be certain to not please everybody. Specifying an official order would also clash with LPI's stated philosophy of not stipulating how people are actually supposed to prepare for the exam. There are lots of valid approaches to studying, or training people, for the LPI exams. There is nothing wrong with LPI leaving the details of how to prepare people for the exam to instructors and the authors of books or training materials and concentrating on making the *exams* the best they can be, which is certainly enough to keep them busy. It also ensures that there is a wide variety of training materials available where everybody can find something that suits them. Anselm -- Anselm Lingnau ... Linup Front GmbH ... Linux-, Open-Source- & Netz-Schulungen anselm.ling...@linupfront.de, +49(0)6151-9067-103, Fax -299, www.linupfront.de Linup Front GmbH, Postfach 100121, 64201 Darmstadt, Germany Sitz: Weiterstadt (AG Darmstadt, HRB7705), Geschäftsführer: Oliver Michel _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
