the reality of this is ... sometimes getting notes from other students is helpful ... sometimes it is not ... there is no generalization one can make about this
most student who NEED notes are not likely to ask people other than their friends ... and, in doing so, probably know which of their friends they have the best chance of getting good notes from ... (at least READABLE!) ...even lazy students are not likely to ask for notes from people that even THEY know are not going to be able to do them any good but i don't think we can say anything really systematic about this activity other than, sometimes it helps ... sometimes it does not help At 06:24 PM 12/5/01 -0800, Glen wrote: >Jon Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > You can ask the top students to look at their notes, but you should be > prepared > > to find that their notes are highly idiosyncratic. Maybe even unusable. > >Having seen notes of some top students on a variety of occasions >(as a student and as a lecturer), that certainly does happen >sometimes. But just about as likely is to find a set of notes that >are actually better than the lecturer would prepare themselves. > >Glen > > >================================================================= >Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about >the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ >================================================================= _________________________________________________________ dennis roberts, educational psychology, penn state university 208 cedar, AC 8148632401, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/drober~1.htm ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================