At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard - NYTimes.com - The Diigo Meta page

• 17 Jan 09
  

  isaac Mao

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• 14 Jan 09
  

  Gerhard Stoltz

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  • Last fall, after years of experimentation and debate and resistance from students, who initially petitioned against it, the department made the change permanent. Already, attendance is up and the failure rate has dropped by more than 50 percent.
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  • • “They might be looking intently at you, understanding everything,” Professor Sciolla said. “Or they might be thinking, ‘What am I going to do when I get out of this bloody class?’ ”
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  John Short

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