• 2021-04-14
    Jasonaskedhisstudentswhethertheypreferlargeclassesorsmallclasses.Thevastmajorityofstudentssaidtheypreferredsmallclasses.Hethenaskedthemtodesignanexperimenttofindoutwhetherthereisadifferenceinlearningoutcomesbetweenthetwoclasssizes.Afterthestudentsdesignedanexperiment,Jasonshowedthemtheresultsfromhundredsofexperimentsthathavebeendone—whicharenearlyidenticaltotheonetheydesigned—showingnodifferencebetweenlargeandsmallclassesintermsofoverallstudentperformance.Jasonthenaskedhisstudentswhetherthey'dsignupforalargeorasmallclasstomorrowiftheyweregiventheoption.Howdidtheyrespond?

    Jason问他的学生他们选大课堂还是小课堂。大部分学生选择了小课堂。于是他让学生们设计一个实验,看看在这两种课堂学习的效果的到底有没有区别。学生们设计完了之后Jason给他们展示了几百个已经得出的实验结果—这些实验跟学生们设计的几乎完全一致—这几百个结果显示,根据学生的表现来看,大课堂和小课堂之间并无区别.Jason又问他的学生,可以选择的话,他们选大课堂还是小课堂.学生们怎么回答的?