[Edu-sig] Role Reversal...

[Peter H. Froehlich]

Hi!

I read the "teaching by role reversal" discussion, and while I like 
the general idea, I have to admit (maybe I am getting too old) that 
it sounds like quite a risky project.

In my experience, many (most?) students are just not interested, 
all they need is a grade. The five exceptions to the rule per 
quarter make teaching fun. That might be a function of the US 
system, but I have the weird feeling that most of my class would 
stare at me blankly when I say "Okay, so those are the basics of 
hash tables. Now give me some problems regarding the data structure 
that I can solve for you." or something.

On the other hand, maybe I am not getting the approach described 
correctly, or maybe I would even be surprised by the response once 
I do it in class. I think I will give it a whirl once or twice 
during the coming quarter, just to see what happens.

Peter
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