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Re:If too many users are wrong, it's probably your fault (2011) by jandrese on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:52PM (#10892047)
Since the projects are supposed to take two or three weeks to complete the Keg party shouldn't be a major factor. Yet it is.
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Re:If too many users are wrong, it's probably your fault (2011) by danieltillett on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @01:11AM (#10892596)
Students always leave assignments to the last night and then panic.
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Re:If too many users are wrong, it's probably your fault (2011) by vlehto on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @03:45AM (#10893067)
Best classes usually have multitude of manageable last nights at regular intervals.

*Best as in most learning happens to the majority of students.

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Re:If too many users are wrong, it's probably your fault (2011) by danieltillett on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @04:14AM (#10893155)
I agree. I actually made an series of online quizes that just required the student to read through the lecture notes to find the answer before the lecture (the notes were posted before the class). Even though these quizes were only worth 5% of the overall mark, the average mark of the class was 10% points higher after introducing this change. Just encouraging the students to read through their lecture notes before class made an amazing difference to how the students performed overall.
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