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100, 101, 101, 100, 99, 98, 99, 100

By michael lee ⋅ November 17, 2008 ⋅ 27 comments

Well, the results are in. I’m never going back to the old way of teaching.
I’ve just finished grading Intro to Music Tech mid-term exams from the inaugural class of the new “Joy First, Theory Second” teaching method. The results were … staggering.
First, a little orientation. In this exam, the students walk into the room, I [...]

Do It First, Then We’ll Talk

By michael lee ⋅ September 15, 2008 ⋅ 42 comments

This semester marks a pretty radical shift in my teaching. I’m adopting two new philosophies for each of my courses, rearranging lecture content and schedules, changing project parameters, all around two new principles.
The first is simple. I’ve made it a goal to never “lecture” for more than 20 minutes at a time. At the 20 [...]

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