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You're right. I probably wouldn't watch videos on a single subject every day while taking a full courseload. However, for me, the issue isn't the desire to sla

You're right. I probably wouldn't watch videos on a single subject every day while taking a full courseload. However, for me, the issue isn't the desire to slack off. Instead the problem is that I'm taking a bunch of other classes. I find it quite difficult to slice up my subjects into small pieces that I work on each day. So, I tend to get things done in a serial manner, and my natural lack of organization means that the priority usually depends on how soon the work is due. The result is that I often don't study or finish a problem set until just before the due date or test day. (Meta: I'm disappointed you're getting voted down for sharing your real world experience. That's bullshit in my book.) edit: grammar

yequalsx 16y ago
I probably shouldn't have used "slack off". That has a bad connotation. The students I deal with - at an urban community college - have kids, full time jobs, heavy course load, etc. They have plenty of valid reasons to slack off. Teachers tend to think that their class is the only thing going on in their students' lives. There is also the problem - at my institution - with a large percentage of students not being interested in learning. They are there for the degree, the piece of paper. It's an economic reality that they need this paper for a better life But still, to get it, one does have to learn and learning is not easy for a lot of people. It requires work and the payoff isn't immediate. I don't know what can be done. I have my own version of Khan videos. I have video book, if you will, and I've tried several times to get students to watch the videos at home and concentrate on problem solving in class. It just doesn't work for me and I suspect there are fundamental problems with the idea.