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1. helsinkiandrew · 1790406531 · focus · HN ↗

   > I now shifted to in-person interactions with a TA. After every assignment, each student needs to schedule a 15-minute meeting with a TA to answer a couple of questions in a live conversation

   Isn't the answer the 'flipped classroom' - students are assigned reading/studying to do before a class and the class becomes more interactive, answering questions/discussing topics/solving problems etc depending on subject. Of course, this is more expensive than a hall with 400 people listening to a lecture with a couple of tests/essays.

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   1. raphman · 1790407532 · focus · HN ↗

      This only works if you either have very intrinsically motivated students or you verify that really everyone has actually read the assigned materials before class. Otherwise, some people will turn up unprepared, you will have to explain stuff they should have gotten from the reading assignment, other students will be annoyed, students will stop preparing for class, vicious cycle.

      1. chrismorgan · 1790410440 · focus · HN ↗

         And then you fail them. I suspect an institute genuinely empowered to do so, where the expectations were declared up front and followed through on consistently, would fare well, after the dust settled.

         1. Espressosaurus · 1790410790 · focus · HN ↗

            As far as I can tell (based on university and high school level instruction forums) institutions increasingly are not backing the teachers that want to let kids that have earned that F fail the students.

            I&#x27;ve heard of places where the minimum points for an assignment is 50% even if you never turn it in which is insanity.

            1. raphman · 1790437353 · focus · HN ↗

               FWIW, this isn&#x27;t a problem at my German university.

               1. Espressosaurus · 1790442183 · focus · HN ↗

                  This is for American schools, unfortunately. And it&#x27;s not a good development.

                  1. chii · 1790504781 · focus · HN ↗

                     It stems from the idea that &quot;no child left behind&quot; is a goal. It shouldn&#x27;t have ever been.

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