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> They all mastered the material in "Introduction to Computer Science" in the semester. There is no way all of them did. Eric Mazur tested this for people taki
by Jensson 3y ago
> They all mastered the material in "Introduction to Computer Science" in the semester.
There is no way all of them did. Eric Mazur tested this for people taking physics at Harvard, he found that even though every student got an A they didn't actually learn the material. He tested before and after on standard physics understanding, they didn't improve even though they got A in the class.
You can watch this video where he talks about it:
https://youtu.be/tn1DLFnbGOo?t=959 https://youtu.be/tn1DLFnbGOo?t=959
Teaching so that students actually learn the material is extremely hard.
- yCombLinks 3y agoAlright, I do agree with that. Many people are incredible overtrainers on data without the ability to generalise. Not sure if that's any more true here than everywhere.
- plutoh28 3y agoTeaching so that students actually learn is extremely hard when students are more interested in the grade than they are in the subject.
- fzil 3y agoThanks for posting that talk. Its fun to watch a lecture by someone who knows how to deliver it, even if you only have a passing interest in the subject.