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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 04:27:32 -1000
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- From: James Shimabukuro <JAMESS@UHUNIX.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Standard English / time of class/day
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- On Wed, 23 Dec 1992, Bob Whipple wrote:
-
- > Somewhere in my graduate education I heard that a survey someone ran showed
- > that the time of day makes no discernible difference in the quality of
- > a class.
-
- With so many variables, I'd think it'd be difficult to isolate a single
- factor such as time of day. My instinct tells me that time must have an
- impact. It systematically distributes students into certain periods. For
- example, parents who need to drive children to and from school are
- eliminated from specific time blocks; those who work 9-to-5 shifts are
- relegated to evening classes. Mode of transportation, traffic patterns,
- and sex (m/f) might mean that certain hours are out of the question.
-
- > Now, I know that "quality of class" is impossibly vague. But has anyone else
- > heard of such a survey? Am I such an intensely morning person that I'm
- > alone in avoiding afternoon classes (I use afternoons to attend to writing
- > program business)? Or do others feel the same way?
-
- I've found that the morning classes are the first to close during
- registration. The ones who sign up for the early classes tend to be
- traditional students, i.e., younger and full-time. Those who register for
- later classes tend to be nontraditional, a bit older and/or often part-time.
- This past semester, my best, most dynamic class met from 1:30-2:20 in the
- afternoon. The students appeared to be from a completely different
- population, and I'd love to be able to draw from it, exclusively.
-
- As a very early morning person, I was pleasantly surprised. Like Bob, I'm
- curious to know what others have experienced re time of day and "quality
- of class."
-
- Jim Shimabukuro
-