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Re:Socratic method to teaching by asking by monk_e_boy on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @04:11PM (#15395712)
OPs essay is one of the reasons I got into education.

I teach computer science, but boy, asking these questions to a class.... I'm just left with them shouting out random answers, wrong answers, dabbing, checking phones...

Maybe this method works occasionally, but for a big class of students - not so much.

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Re:Socratic method to teaching by asking by ACow_Adonis on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @09:52PM (#15397727)
To be fair, when you've got a big class of students, learning is very rarely the top priority...so it's not that surprising it's hard to implement in such an environment.
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