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. Learn, Earn http://www.trcb.com/a/tcat.htm It's me, don't ask me from an unverified account of your own. https://profile.trufina.com/Tcat 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 > Linagora - responsable pédagogique > http://www.linagora.com/-FORMATION- > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
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