On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Chris Seberino <cseber...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried an experiment where new math topics are introduced by having > students independently work through Sage notebooks. > > Rather than me pushing info to the students in a dialog, they were > supposed to ask me questions when they got stuck on something in the > Sage notebook. > > It seems that high students aren't aggressive/assertive enough to ask > questions and independently do Sage notebooks themselves. Due to > their shyness, they seem to prefer the old style where a teacher > dominates the class time by leading a discussion on a new topic. > > Some may say I should persevere until the students "snap out" of their > old passive way of doing things. If I was sure this was the silver > bullet of math teaching, I would be confident enough to fight this > battle. I'm not sure this is the holy grail yet. > > Sound familiar to anyone?
Are you physically with the students or is this all being done over the internet with chat? My experience with (unusually bright, enthusiastic) high school students is that they can be far less inhibited about asking questions than college students. But my experience is in a computer lab setting, not online. Certainly teenagers are used to engaging in online interactive experiences, since many play online multiplayer video games (or use Myspace) a lot. -- William -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
