Article on College Learning may have Implications for RT
Did you see the article in today's USA Today newspaper titled "First Two Years of College Wasted"? The article reports on a survey of 3,000 students on 29 campuses.
The research showed that today's students spent 50% less time studying when compared with college students 20 - 30 years ago. Today's students reported spending 51% of their time socializing or recreating, while spending only 7% of their time studying.
Other findings were that 50% of the students never took a class where they wrote more than 20 pages and 32% never took a course in a typical semester where they read more than 40 pages per week.
The author of the book reporting on the survey stated: "Students are able to navigatge through the system quite well with little effort."
What do these findings say to RT educators? I hope the findings encourage RT instructors to challenge their students, particularly by giving them writing assignments and extensive reading assignments. What do you think?
The research showed that today's students spent 50% less time studying when compared with college students 20 - 30 years ago. Today's students reported spending 51% of their time socializing or recreating, while spending only 7% of their time studying.
Other findings were that 50% of the students never took a class where they wrote more than 20 pages and 32% never took a course in a typical semester where they read more than 40 pages per week.
The author of the book reporting on the survey stated: "Students are able to navigatge through the system quite well with little effort."
What do these findings say to RT educators? I hope the findings encourage RT instructors to challenge their students, particularly by giving them writing assignments and extensive reading assignments. What do you think?
posted by Hoosier RT | 3:19 PM
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