I took Jim Maas's class some 15 years ago when I was an undergraduate at
Cornell. It stands out as one of the best learning experiences of my life. (Of
course, I did go on to become a psychology professor myself.) In teaching my own
(much smaller) lecture, I think often of how he handled his class.
As for the anti-lecturists among us, I learned more in that class than in many
(rambling, disorganized) discussion-based classes--grad and undergrad. I did
take one of the discussion sections but the topic didn't feel particularly
connected to the class as a whole; it felt more like a separate 1 credit
mini-class of its own.
Carla Grayson
Paul Brandon wrote:
What's missing is any direct evidence that students actually learn, as
opposed to being entertained.
And of course there are discussion sections.
> At 6:16 PM +0000 11/17/00, Richard Pisacreta wrote:
> >
> >Lining Up to Get a Lecture
> >The New York Times
> >November 17, 2000
> >By KAREN W. ARENSON
> >ITHACA, N.Y. James B. Maas, a professor at Cornell University, teaches a
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