This is a fantastic way to teach courses, and is in some sense the canonical seminar. The model works very well for upper-level courses, but not so well at the

This is a fantastic way to teach courses, and is in some sense the canonical seminar. The model works very well for upper-level courses, but not so well at the first 2 or 3 years, which is where most drop out of college. edit: the short pre- and post-tests are pretty effective, if you can afford the time, at every level of the curriculum. I'm not sure why they aren't more prevalent, except that it's very time consuming for the course staff.