Word: sorting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From that point of view, grading- a sort of systems-analysis-efficiency-check-up- inhibits learning and thinking. From that point of view, the traditional modes of instruction- the lecture and the discussion class or section- are, in reality, un-educative processes. In lectures, a professor transmits the ideas and methods of his professional discipline as efficiently as possible to the students. But the students have no opportunity to think and question. This is often true of sections too, especially when the section leader has to "cover ground...
...computers can play several games, including golf and blackjack. Bossert said the golf game is a "probability sort of thing" while blackjack-which is his favorite-is "a real source of entertainment and education...
Chalmers, a proponent of coed housing, spoke on the informal educational espects of the College. "I think all of us now realize there is a sort of iceberg effect between education in the classroom and that large bulk that takes place outside the classroom," he said...
...same time students were oppressed by the draft and most would become workers of one sort or another after they left school. This would provide the basis for a student-worker alliance. PL hoped to make SDS into a broad-based anti-War movement from which they could recruit members for the Party...
...John happens to be a sort of Harvard anachronism-he is a full-fledged jock. "I place equal importance on academics and athletics. I have no time for radical politics or social involvement. And I don't mind being called a jock." he said...