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Why on earth are those three types of student all in the same class?
by misuba 18y ago
Why on earth are those three types of student all in the same class?
- tokenadult 18y agoa) Some students have no idea what they are getting into when they register for a class. (This explains some of the clueless students who can't do any of the assignments.) b) Some students who register for a first course in their probable major subject register conservatively, especially if they can't prove completion of equivalent courses. (This explains some of the students who easily do more than what is assigned.) c) Some students have some good preparation (e.g., math) but not all the best possible preparation (e.g., previous programming experience). (This explains some of the students who seem to find the course just right for them.) Further along in a computer science major sequence, students who neither get it nor like it will move on to some other major. Then the ability spread in any one class may diminish somewhat.
- mynameishere 18y agoI remember some non-CS majors in an assembly language course. About 5 or 6 people walked out 30 minutes into the first class--a behavior too seldom seen.
- rms 18y agoNo system exists to identify the slow programmers before they get to class and most colleges don't have the resources to offer the more personalized instruction needed to the slower learners.