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MIT Moves Away From Massive Lecture Halls
eldavojohn writes "The New York Times is reporting on MIT's migration away from large lectures as many colleges and universities have. Attendance at these lectures often falls to 50 percent by the end of the semester. TEAL (Technology Enhanced Active Learning) gives the students a more hands on approach and may signal the death of the massive lecture hall synonymous with achieving a bachelors of science."
I can just see the late night commercial for MIT...
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crazy dynamite monkey
This means your chance of getting into MIT just decreased by over 9000%.
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
Where will students go to take their afternoon naps now?
On the other hand, MIT has excellent shooting and fencing teams. We'll just see whose athletic program is superior when the zombie horde overruns Cambridge!
On the other hand, MIT has excellent shooting and fencing teams. We'll just see whose athletic program is superior when the zombie horde overruns Cambridge!
What, is Harvard back in session?
Not surprisingly, some of the TA's were far better educators than the professors they worked for.
Fixed that for you, and please refer to the dictionary entry for irony.
Not surprisingly, some of the TAs were far better educators than the professors they worked for.
For the pedantic, I've fixed another typo.