Comments on: Teaching Naked at Southern Methodist University http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/03/teaching-naked-at-southern-methodist-university/ Education Blog. News, humor, advice, and opinion on education and career, graduate school, college degrees, and university life. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:39:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alexa http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/03/teaching-naked-at-southern-methodist-university/comment-page-1/#comment-125343 Alexa Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:58:03 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/03/teaching-naked-at-southern-methodist-university/#comment-125343 SCP-- Are you saying that I'm a nerd? (Because I totally am.) Take care, Alexa SCP–

Are you saying that I’m a nerd? (Because I totally am.) Take care,

Alexa

]]> By: Simple Country Physicist http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/03/teaching-naked-at-southern-methodist-university/comment-page-1/#comment-125342 Simple Country Physicist Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:56:31 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/03/teaching-naked-at-southern-methodist-university/#comment-125342 Chad Orzel, Uncertain Principles, had a nice blot a couple of months ago where he reminded of the distinction between courses where you read and understand the assignment before class and then the class meeting is used to cultivate that understanding, and courses where you have to have the assignment explained sufficiently so that you can then read and understand it. The former tend to be non-nerd courses like literature and art and such like; the former tend to be nerd courses such as science, engineering, and maths. In the first lecture is extraneous if the students really have read and understood ahead of time. The interaction should be a dialog or multilog. In the second lecture with Q&A is a much better form. This, IMHO, also explains the temperament differences among people and what major they tend to select. Those who are information attractor tend to major in nerd subjects; those who are bubblers tend to major in non-nerd subjects. Chad Orzel, Uncertain Principles, had a nice blot a couple of months ago where he reminded of the distinction between courses where you read and understand the assignment before class and then the class meeting is used to cultivate that understanding, and courses where you have to have the assignment explained sufficiently so that you can then read and understand it. The former tend to be non-nerd courses like literature and art and such like; the former tend to be nerd courses such as science, engineering, and maths. In the first lecture is extraneous if the students really have read and understood ahead of time. The interaction should be a dialog or multilog. In the second lecture with Q&A is a much better form.

This, IMHO, also explains the temperament differences among people and what major they tend to select. Those who are information attractor tend to major in nerd subjects; those who are bubblers tend to major in non-nerd subjects.

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