In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
dennis roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>At 09:58 AM 4/26/01 -0500, Herman Rubin wrote:
>>For the important part, it is ALWAYS appropriate. An
>>argument against open book is that they spend too much
>>time looking things u
At 09:29 PM 4/26/01 -0500, Christopher Tong wrote:
>On 26 Apr 2001, dennis roberts wrote:
>
> > i would put a different spin on this ... if students use the crib sheet
> > (which i let them have too) AND have to depend on it TO remember important
> > formulas/definitions ... then this works agains
each time you use your word processor, you get better AT using it AND its
features
same holds for a decent stat package
the more students practice with it, the better they get with it
and the instructor should help them in this
minitab for example, has tried in recent releases to enhance the amou
On 26 Apr 2001, dennis roberts wrote:
> i would put a different spin on this ... if students use the crib sheet
> (which i let them have too) AND have to depend on it TO remember important
> formulas/definitions ... then this works against them since, they will then
> be spending time on "cons
A couple of comments.
When a student leaves college and is not in a position (job) where he/she has
to use statistical formulas every day formulas are quickly forgotten. What
we (at least I do) expect is that they understand the basic principles of the
subject and can formulate ideas regardin
At 09:58 AM 4/26/01 -0500, Herman Rubin wrote:
>For the important part, it is ALWAYS appropriate. An
>argument against open book is that they spend too much
>time looking things up, but I always allow crib sheets.
>This way they know that they will get no credit for
>memorizing