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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Friday, December 8, 1972
NEI METHOD
U' uses teaching plan
(Continued from Page 1)
Zoology Prof. Robert Beyer, co-
ordinator of Zoo 411, criticized the
lecture method.
"It is an elitist system-in which
you are told when you should come
to class, when you should know
the material the lecturer has pre-
sented and how fast you're expect-
ed to learn the entire course," he
said.
When questioned about the stu-
dents' responsibility in the Keller
Plan, Beyer commented, "The stu-
dent is handed a package that can
be handled if he's mature and
motivated enough. That is the prob-
lem of the student, not mine."
Two rooms in the Natural Re-
sources Bldg. are staffed by proc-
tors throughout the week to assist
the students. The proctors are en-
rolled for three credits in Botany-
Zoology 412, "Teaching Biochem-
istry with the Keller Plan."
When a student feels ready to be
tested, he receives one of the four
'Cages' in state Senate
criticized by news media
possible tests for the particular
unit. The student can answer the
test essay questions without any
time limitation. Immediately after
the exam is finished the student
and the proctor grade the paper
together, or the test can be placed
in a file to be graded later.
If the student's answers are un-
clear, they can explain the answer
in the private grading session with
the proctor. There are enough
proctors for the course to give
each student individual attention.
After passing the quiz, the stu-
dent proceeds to the next unit. If
the student does not pass, the
proctor discusses the mistakes with
him. He then restudies the mate-
rial until he is ready to take a
different test on the same unit.
No student has failed so far to
pass at least one of the four tests
on a unit.
Grading criteria, established at
the start of the term, is solely de-
pendent on the number of tests the
student successfully completes.
To earn an A, all 14 units must
be completed, for a B 12 units.
Students can finish the course dur-
ing the first week of class or pace
themselves evenly so they devote
one week's time to each unit.
Since there is no distribution
curve governing the grading per-
centages, every student could earn
an A.
The Keller Plan, while sot en-
tirely eliminating the concept of
grades, does permit the student to
compete only against himself and
not against everyone else.
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LANSING (UPI) -State news-
papers and radio and television
stations don't seem to like the
glass cages the Senate is construc-
ting any more than the reporters
who may be confined in them.
Senate Republican Leader Rob-
ert Vander Laan is a prime mover
behind the cages and has main-
tained he is interested only in pre-
serving order in the Senate. He
has admitted, however, that many
lawmakers are angry with undesir-
able press coverage and want to
"get" the reporters.
Up until now, newsmen have cov-
ered the Senate from desks at the
front of the chamber and were
allowed to move along the edges
of the chamber to question sen-
ators about the proceedings.
The glass enclosures, being built
on either side of the rostrum 'in
the Senate, will confine newsmen
during Senate sessions.
The Lansing State Journal called
construction of the cages "an act
of political arrogance unmatched in
recent years."
The Detroit News said the cages
will hamper reporters 'who want to
get the real story ,behind what
goes on in the Senate.
"That would certainly suit some
pious lawmakers who have in mind
not decorum but denying the public
accurate reports about the public's
business," the Detroit News said.
"Vindictive,": "silly" and "costly"
was how the Saginaw News de-
scribed the Senate's project.
The Grand Rapids Press suggest-
ed that perhaps the wrong people
are being put in cages.
"There may be nothing wrong
with putting newsmen behind a.
glass enclosurein the state Sen-
ate," the Press said. "But we
would suggest that decorum and
efficiency could be improved to a
greater degree if those who per.
form the hij inkswere controlled
instead of only those who merely
observe and record them."
Meanwhile, the Michigan Capitol
Correspondents A s s o c i a t i o n
(MCAA) voted unanimously Wed-
nesday to ask the Michigan Senate
to rescind its decision to build the
glass cages.
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