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Large departments and the social sciences have fared worst in this survey in the past. For instance, the number of government concentrators who answered “yes” to the “appropriate courses?? question dropped from an already low 53 percent in 1997 to 34 percent...
...report also found a significant difference between the grade distribution of small courses and that of large courses??whereas roughly 40 percent of students in students in large courses received A-range grades last year, about 60 percent of students in small courses received equivalent grades...
While three out of five students in small courses??those with fewer than 25 students—received A-range grades last year, only two out of five students in large courses??those with more than 75 students—received equivalent grades...
...courses is a laudable goal. But having students pre-register for classes is unlikely to solve the most significant problems with TFs. Few students know which classes they will take before the semester starts. And the classes for which predictions are most needed—such as new Core courses??are unlikely to get an accurate count, because the news of the quality of a course spreads by word of mouth during shopping week. The courses on which accurate data would be available would be those that have been offered for many years and that are unlikely...
...recognize the fundamental importance of learning and understanding the scientific method. But courses must teach content as well as method, and the content of the required courses??in the Core or its successor—should be structured so as to provide students with a degree of scientific understanding that can be retained past the final exam and be applied to the pressing issues that technological advance will bring...