Christopher Head schreef op 04-Jan-15 om 9:51 PM: > On Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:47:07 +0100 > Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > >> It would be good to mention this "guiding principle" (we are looking >> for the best answer in the context of what you have been told. don't >> use knowledge beyond that. the anwer we are looking for is the best >> one, the others are not neceserraly wrong, just less good) at the >> start of the exam, and even then I don't like it. > I hate this idea. If I were the one taking the course, it would mean > that I have to artificially segregate knowledge from the course apart > from knowledge from the rest of the world, for no good reason=97learning > is much better when connected to other knowledge, not when taken in > isolation! Presumably the learning objectives of the course include > =93know how various electronic things work=94, but do not include =93memo= rize > the syllabus=94? > > For the record: so do I. But if it is the principle, it is better to=20 state it explicitly. Wouter --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .