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Subject:[Fwd: Re: Exercises for Students] From:Matt Ion <mion -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 9 Sep 1995 11:25:09 PDT
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> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 95 11:24:51 PDT
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> Subject: Re: Exercises for Students
On Sat, 9 Sep 1995 14:18:45 -0400 you wrote:
> My favorite student exercise is to write a set of instructions on how to
>tie a pair of shoes.
[...]
> This student must exactly follow those instructions to tie his/her shoe.
In a communications course I once took, we did this same exercise with paper
airplanes. Just as challenging, I'd wager - all the person gets is a blank
sheet of paper and verbal instructions.
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