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...ways of educating," she says. The first is for the professor to devote his or her life to research and then present the results to the students who can then "accept or reject it," she explains. The second method, the winner of one of this year's Levenson Awards for outstanding teaching explains, is to diagnose the extent of the student's knowledge and "then proceed to challenge the student...
...also helped revive old board favorites. Sales this year of Scrabble sets are up 27%, to 2 million, and dollar sales of Parker Brothers' Clue are up 20%. Psychologists and sociologists are searching for an explanation for Trivial Pursuit's phenomenal popularity. Says Psychology Professor Ricki Levenson of New York University: "Trivia plugs into everybody's secret addiction to gossip. Knowledge of trivia, like the name of Princess Di's hairdresser, is mental junk food that people delight in consuming...
Fletcher was also popular among students and won the Undergraduate Council's Joseph R. Levenson award for excellence in leaching. "He was devoted to students, he really did everything for them," said Fairbank, who expected many of Fletcher's pupils to appear at the service...
Fletcher, who fought to continue teaching despite his illness, was known as an excellent instructor, and won the Levenson Teaching Prize from undergraduates in 1983. In January 1983, after an extended stay in the hospital, Fletcher returned to his class. Historical Study B-14. "Empire of the Mongols...
Fletcher, who fought to continue teaching despite his illness, was known as an excellent instructor, and won the Levenson Teaching Prize from undergraduates in 1983. In January 1983, after an extended stay in the hospital, Fletcher returned to his class, Historical Study B-14, "Empire of the Mongols...