Math Arguments

Lecture

Philosophy professor Keith Parsons
Message to My Freshman Students:

"Lecture, we are told, is an ineffective strategy for reaching today's young people, whose attention span is measured in nanoseconds ..."

Hogwash.

You need to learn to listen. The kind of listening you need to learn is not passive absorption, like watching TV; it is critical listening.

Critical listening means that you are not just hearing but thinking about what you are hearing.

Critical listening questions and evaluates what is being said and seeks key concepts and unifying themes.