August 3, 2007

Talking Back to Teacher

By JOSH FISCHMAN

Interactive slides, digital notes, and student blogs about study tips help revitalize the classroom lecture

Richard J. Anderson may have solved the problem of the class loudmouth. "You know, in almost every class there's someone who takes it over," says Mr. Anderson, a professor of computer science at the University of Washington, in Seattle. "He sits in the first or second row, and every time you ask a question his hand shoots up." And after the first few classes, the rest of the

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