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Students ai By The College Press Service College students don't ask enough questioi in class, according to a University of Missoui Columbia professor. The average student generates only thre questions during a 16-week course, noted Caj dace Stout, an assistant art professor at M who analyzed student's questions in art histoi classes. Three-fourths of the questions, moreove never were actually verbalized, she added. "Students have been socialized from grad school to believe that asking questions is ofte a negative behavior," Stout said. "At this tim you often are told you are not independent you can't figure things out on your own, so sti dents see questioning as dependent behavior." The 161 students participating in Stout' study were asked to keep a record of the ques tions they asked in class, along with those the "I AL Modem may noi efforts ? Communil I MINIMUM $2C With EVERY donation. Pla Blood. Programs avail for all simple blood test is all that is if you qualify. 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At the end of ~ the 16 weeks, only 451 questions had been .. generated in both written and oral form. Only 113 of those questions were actually asked. 'e "A large percentage of them said they didn't feel the need to ask questions because the lecU ture material was adequate," Stout said. "They *y want just enough information to prepare them for the test, a disappointing, mechanistic view ?\ of learning." le One student suggested it might be professors' n faults. "Ususally the professor fails to answer a e question so that the student understands it," said if Kyle Kitterman, a student at Boise State Uni1 versity in Idaho. "Sometimes, they're very sarcastic and make students feel stupid." s Robert Miller, chairman of the English Department at the University of Louisville in Keny tucky, said he fields at least three questions WAYS WANTED TO Bl day heros have a new name these t wear capes or fly through the * and place them where they're ne ty Service Programs, Campus Activities S^. 29204 65" I CAROL i I A/ \' " iaulingitto| >\> nial Storage^ j 7 |j Sa come by 1 B? yzyf-^jS ' - \'*>> and Save"? 1 Resident Managers Fenced and Lighted !o th( V * A age Centers A] ations rktr 4479 Rowwood Dr. WIT,!., 782 0452 It took Freud 3 You have one The psych exam is in 12 hours. And wants to conk out. But your superegi tonight to cram. Fortunately, you've got Vivarin. It he! alert for hours. Safely and convenient on understanding the brain. If Freud had used Vivarin, maybe he faster, too. 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