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Related Question - Do students still use study groups, where they physically get together in the same place, split up material and then share, quiz and mentor?
by nogabebop23 7y ago
Related Question - Do students still use study groups, where they physically get together in the same place, split up material and then share, quiz and mentor?
Even in the 90's and 00's I saw a decline in technical areas of study, but there was a time when this was the standard (and arguably only) way to get through your program (think Law or Business school in the 70's - 80's). There was just too much material to distill down for a single person. I wonder if this form of knowledge acquisition is largely dead...
- uchiga 7y agoMany students still do today for study/social groups. Just walk through any campus center or library. Some more complex courses really benefit from working as a team to reduce the individual load.
- asdff 7y agoPretty routine now, and at my undergrad everyone used groupme, so it's even more widespread. Libraries let you book entire soundproof rooms with A/V. The libraries actually hit capacity pretty often and people commandeer classrooms. Go in any basement of a library in any college these days and you will see people scribbling organic synthesis reactions on whiteboards in front of a half dozen other people.