Subj : Re: Good examples of programming course lecture notes
To   : comp.programming,comp.lang.java.programmer
From : Thomas Hawtin
Date : Tue Sep 20 2005 10:20 pm

clemenr@wmin.ac.uk wrote:
> 
> There is also the major real-world problem that if notes are too
> complete, then certain types of students will decide that they don't
> need to attend lectures. Non-attendance at lectures has become a very
> very major problem in the UK.

That's a positive way to deal with the problem.

It shouldn't be surprising that students don't want to attend lectures 
the point of which is copying down notes. It might not stroke the ego so 
much, but perhaps sticking to a standard text would allow lectures to 
serve a useful purpose.

Tom Hawtin
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Unemployed English Java programmer
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