College Math Class Is a Giant Copying Exercise

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A lot of college math classes are a giant copying exercise.

The professor copies from the textbook onto the board.

Students copy from the board into their notebooks.

And everyone calls that learning.

The professor might turn around:

“Everybody understand?”

Silence.

“Okay, let’s move on.”

But the students are too lost to even know what to ask.

The professor thinks students are learning.

The professor mistakes silence for understanding.

And nobody actually learns anything until the homework.

The lecture is a total waste of time.

Further reading: What Counts as Active Learning? .

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