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Re: Homework (again?)

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From: gibson
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 19:53
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I will do any problem in class that the students have trouble doing.  I
usually do a ck after I have gone over the harder problems in class.  I
expect to see all problems solved.  Usually they will have tried the more
difficult problems several times by the time they get them right.

On Sun, 19 Feb 1995, Lowell Herr wrote:

> Alan,
>
> Do you spend much class time going over problems students cannot solve?
>
> Lowell
>
> On Sun, 19 Feb 1995, gibson wrote:
>
> > I assign students homework at the beginning of the chapter.  I usually
> > pick a few easy problems and most of the hard ones.  Students are to have
> > the problem set up even if they can't solve it.  I give credit when I
> > check problems if a real effort has been made.(meaning diagram- alg
> > relations - givens- solution tree)  I give credit for the good try as a
> > way of encouraaging student to try to do the harder problems.  Many times
>
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