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Subject:Re: CBT vs. Training - my thoughts From:Bill Burns <BillDB -at- ILE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 20 Mar 1998 11:41:23 -0700
This will be my last comment on the issue. Scott wrote:
> A great Mathematics teacher of mine once said: "To explain to a student
> how to do a problem is to rob the student of the OPPURTUNITY and
> EXCITEMENT of figuring it out and learning to do it themselves".
>
I think you're on the right track here, Scott. The trick is not to simplify
the roles of both the teacher and the student in the process of learning.
Bill Burns
Senior Technical Writer/Technology Consultant
ILE Communications
billdb -at- ile -dot- com
