Re:Florida schools replacing teachers with computers
by yummyfajitas on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @02:51PM
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Patrick is focusing on class size variations typically encountered in the real world (typically 0-40). You are focusing on class size variation in a world populated by straw men (0-60,000).
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Re:Florida schools replacing teachers with computers
by yequalsx on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @03:42PM
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I guess this is an implicit admission on your part that class size matters. Very good. I agree with you.
At most large universities freshman and sophomore classes can be found in the hundreds. (They typically come with recitation but these are usually glorified tutoring sessions.) At my college class sizes in the department of mathematics run at 45. Typical depends on what institution you are talking about.
Given that class size matters it becomes a relevant topic on what the optimal size is. He made the statement with regard to class size:
" They do little, if anything, for education."
This is clearly not the case.