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They just barely touch on the important part, which is whether or not students are achieving the same mastery of the subject matter. If professors are making co
by prodigal_erik 16y ago
They just barely touch on the important part, which is whether or not students are achieving the same mastery of the subject matter. If professors are making courses too easy, that's the thing to fix. Butt-in-seat hours are only a symptom, and focusing on this (especially after acknowledging it's not the end goal!) is oddly Puritan.
- jodrellblank 16y agoHas the subject matter stayed the same over the past 3-5 decades that you can usefully compare "the same mastery of the subject matter"?
- cj 16y agoIf your taking classes to learn latin or greek, it probably has not. That might be an example of a good subject matter to use as a benchmark.
- psyklic 16y agoEven more important is whether students graduate knowing what they need to know for today's world. I don't think that past study habits are even applicable, since what students need to know nowadays may be completely different from before.
- robryan 16y agoI think it is a factor though, even with efficiency improvements in studying over time I doubt the average student can spend half the time and possibly get an understanding as deep as before across all subjects. For some specific subjects though this may be a natural progression with technology improvements, certain things may just now be simpler. We also have to look closely at where the students are coming from, I think the trend starts in high school, an increasing amount of people anecdotally seem to be developing the bad study habits here. Myself included, I think I have improved as time has gone on but I still don't feel most classes are giving challenges worth of close attention and study when I have much more interesting stuff on the side.