I am a lurker as I don't do much active training any more.

And yes, I noticed that if is it possible to 'punch the numbers' student
confidence is higher.

When I wrote the Security+ book for CompTIA, the 'number punch' approach
was well received.
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Marc Baudoin <[email protected]>wrote:

> Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> écrit :
> > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:49:17 +0100
> > Marc Baudoin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Topic 103 in exam 101 has those subtopics:
> > >
> > > 103.2: filters
> > > 103.4: redirections and pipes
> > > 103.5: processes
> > > 103.7: grep
> > >
> [...]
> > >
> > > A more logical approach would be:
> > >
> > > processes (or grep)
> > > grep (or processes)
> > > redirections and pipes
> > > filters
> >
> > It's always been my opinion that the section numbers are completely
> > arbitrary and should not be considered as a number sequence. Think of
> > them as fancy bullet points.
>
> What's the point in having an order then (especially when it's
> numbered)?
>
> > The point is, you are perfectly free to teach and/or study the
> > materials in any order that makes sense for you. LPI does not dictate
> > exactly how the training will advance, only that a graduate should know
> > the subject matter of the topics once finished.
>
> And that's what I'm doing anyway.
>
> The problems I see is that trainees like (very much) to match
> what they're studying to the official objectives (which is
> perfectly legitimate) and it's much easier when the course and
> the training materials are in the same order than the objectives.
>
> Also, it's much easier to use different training materials and to
> grab information from them if they treat topics in the same
> order.
>
> In that, the official objectives should provide a logicial and
> progressive path for trainees and trainers (or so I believe).
>
> Anyway, I see everybody concurs objectives should be studied less
> randomly, I feel less alone today ;-)
>
> --
> Marc Baudoin
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