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A Textbook is good enough for self learning. Almost all university learning is "self learning", at least that has been the case for my mathematical training. >
by constantcrying 2y ago
A Textbook is good enough for self learning. Almost all university learning is "self learning", at least that has been the case for my mathematical training.
> It's a different mindset from a formal academic setting, where there's a strong focus on cheating prevention.
What? Who cares about cheating prevention, most of my classes had oral exams, you can't cheat there.
- ziroshima 2y agoI agree with you. It's been my experience though that tracking down solutions manuals for textbooks is very hard. Presumably because they want them out of the hands of students (to prevent cheating).
- danielmarkbruce 2y ago100%. This is the missing piece in many cases.
- SoftTalker 2y agoMaybe for specific textbooks, but if you just want e.g. introductory calculus with solutions those books are all over eBay. Or use Wolfram.
- ralphc 2y agoI never had an oral exam. How is that feasible with class sizes, how many questions are asked? What's it like in general?
- constantcrying 2y agoThese were master and late Bachelor courses, so 30 people at most. Exams lasted around 60 minutes, of which around 45 were questions. >how many questions are asked? Totally depends on the subject and how the exam goes. >What's it like in general? Your professor is poking you with questions. Usually he has prepared some general questions and then asks follow ups. It might go something like this. "What is X Theorem? What does it represent geometrically? Does conditions Z need to be true for the Theorems to hold? Can you name a counter example? How does the proof (discussed in lecture) look like? How exactly do you construct that part? Where do you need that condition? Here is a similar theorem (not discussed in class), can you outline a proof for this?"