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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's good - it's motivating the kids to learn the material - either the first or second bite at the apple. This is the outcome we want, despite the whiny teachers' complaints![/quote]

Yeah, about that...[/quote]

Are you familiar with the concepts of short term memory and cramming?[/quote]

Yes.  But the 70/30 grading, or reassessments, or whatever you think might "motivate the kids to learn the material" is not happening.  Not any more now than previously.

Kids cram.  And with work done on computers, textbooks online and responses online rather than written, nothing is retained.  The kids aren't learning anything long term.  Neither this year nor before.  [/quote]

but they know all the ways to get to play games on their laptops while teacher is teaching, or sneaking off into bathrooms to be texting on their phones to get their friends in other classes to meet them....

they can retain.

what they want to retain.[/quote]

So retaining calculus is the same as figuring out how to sneak off to the bathrooms to text friends. Ok, that settles it.[/quote]

What exactly is stopping the kids from grabbing a piece of paper and solving the problem? The kids, the kids are the ones who have not grabbed the paper.[/quote]

Yeah, that’s all you need to grasp and retain calculus—grabbing a piece of paper. [/quote]

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