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Re:The Most Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics (2009) by godelski on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:47AM (#25151336)
I TA and tell my students that if they don't come to office hours or ask questions that they might as well be getting their degree on YouTube.

I don't mean this in the sense that they have to ask for every class, but the advantage of attending school (besides the piece of paper) is to get direct help. But I'm not attending a top 10 university and honestly most topics are covered by one of those universities and they post their lectures on YouTube or their own OCW.

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Re:The Most Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics (2009) by vmilner on Friday November 20, 2020 @08:26AM (#25160214)
Out of interest, roughly what proportion of students do come to the office hours?
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Re:The Most Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics (2009) by godelski on Friday November 20, 2020 @01:06PM (#25163096)
Really depends on the class. One class I had basically no one. This one usually about 2-3 (out of 40) but more as we're nearing the end of term. Sometimes people come to say hi (again, class dependent). Largest I've had was like 8.
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