. Page Twelve 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. CHRISTMAS PARTY? 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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. 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