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Seriously? You think students would revolt after being given an interesting problem to think about for 15 minutes?
by rgcase 11y ago
Seriously? You think students would revolt after being given an interesting problem to think about for 15 minutes?
- ghshephard 11y ago"Without fair warning" That's the important part of this - the instructor didn't give it as homework. And yes, I've seen students freak out on their instructor en-masse for far less than a mission impossible homework assignment.
- omaranto 11y agoI'm guessing you've never taught math to undergraduates. Unless they are math majors, for the most part they really don't like being given harder-than-average questions, let alone open problems.