Subj : Re: Good examples of programming course lecture notes To : comp.programming,comp.lang.java.programmer From : Thomas Hawtin Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 02:43 am Roedy Green wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:46:38 +0100, Thomas Hawtin > wrote or quoted : > > >>In that the same length of time spent with a standard text book (and a >>syllabus) would be more productive. It only requires that the student >>can read. That's not my preferred method of learning, but even that is >>significantly more effective than traditional lectures. > > > A lecture without feedback is a problem, but if you have small enough > classes, you can ask questions. It is hard to get disabused of a > notion just by reading. In a UK university, such as Westminster, you will often have one, two or perhaps three hundred students in a lecture. Not really small enough for anything useful to happen, no matter how good the lecturer. Tom Hawtin -- Unemployed English Java programmer http://jroller.com/page/tackline/ .