[lbo-talk] Re: small schools

[joanna bujes]

At 07:57 PM 04/22/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Is this a version of what used to be called (perhaps still is) the
>"Hawthorn effect"? About 50 years ago there was an article in (I think)
>_College English_ that argued that _all_ formal experiments with "new"
>ideas in teaching freshman comp worked -- for a semester or two, until
>the thrill of being involved in a formal experiment wore off for both
>teachers & students.

Not necessarily. It makes a big difference if you're in an environment 
where you can get to know everyone and one in which you are swimming in a 
sea of people.

Joanna