In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, dennis roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 10:54 AM 2/10/2003, Robert J. MacG. Dawson wrote:
>> And, taken to its logical extreme, it means that we ought to do >> all our >>evaluation before the course, and then give every student whom we allow >>in a "pass" grade. >and to add extreme to extreme ... if we did that evaluation ahead of time >... what's the purpose of the course? We need to let students learn; do not assume that the present type of formal courses are the way to do it. However, I believe that interaction between students of comparable ability can help in the learning process. But not if the abilities differ widely. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Deptartment of Statistics, Purdue University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
