Quora精選：大學(xué)老師怎么看待慢學(xué)生？

What do professors think of slow learners in the classroom?老師怎么看待學(xué)習(xí)慢的學(xué)生？

 

獲得272.3k好評的回答@Richard Muller：

When I was five years old, I played the role of the turtle in a play organized by my older sister. I had one line at the end, when I beat the sleeping rabbit to the finish line: slow and steady wins the race.我五歲時(shí)在我姐姐組織的一場演出中扮演烏龜，最后打敗熟睡的兔子沖過終點(diǎn)線時(shí)有一句臺詞：又慢又穩(wěn)贏得了比賽。I’ve always felt that those words guided my career. I was never the fastest; I was rarely an A student. 我總是感覺那些話對我的事業(yè)有指導(dǎo)作用，我從來不是最快的，我?guī)缀鯖]得過A。But as the careers of others stalled, I kept going. 但當(dāng)其他人事業(yè)停滯不前時(shí)，我的事業(yè)一直在發(fā)展。My goal was always the same: to learn more this year than I had last year.我的目標(biāo)始終如一：今年要比去年多學(xué)點(diǎn)東西。When I see slow students, that’s what I think of. 我看到學(xué)習(xí)慢的學(xué)生時(shí)就是這樣想的。Are those the students who will keep learning over their entire lifetime, and leave the “quick” students far behind?那些學(xué)生能否終其一生都在學(xué)習(xí)，然后把學(xué)習(xí)快的學(xué)生遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)落在后面？

 

獲得1.4k好評的回答@ Gene Spafford：

Some people have difficulty with particular topics. They may also have a slow deliberate style. 有些人理解某些特定話題有困難，他們可能是緩慢從容的風(fēng)格。I don’t have a problem with them either, so long as they are trying. 我教他們也沒什么困難，只要他們努力即可。I usually have them come in to see me during office hours, and/or spend time with a TA (if there is one) if they need the extra help. 我經(jīng)常會在工作期間叫他們來見我，或者如果他們需要額外幫助就讓他們跟助教聊聊（如果有助教的話）。The goal of education is not to gain as much knowledge as quickly as possibly, but to gain useful knowledge and retain it. 教育的目標(biāo)不是以最快速度獲取最多知識，而是要獲取有用的知識并記在大腦里。As such, I would prefer a slow, thoughtful student to a fast, superficial one.正因如此，相較于學(xué)習(xí)快、膚淺的學(xué)生而言，我更喜歡學(xué)習(xí)慢但深思熟慮的學(xué)生。

 

獲得2.2k好評的回答@Alvin Grissom II：

Technically, I’m not a professor yet, but I have taught middle and high school students, and I’m currently teaching undergraduate machine learning. 從專業(yè)角度來說，我還不是一名教授，但我教過中學(xué)生和高中生，我現(xiàn)在教大學(xué)生機(jī)器學(xué)習(xí)。As a teacher, I don’t care how “fast” someone learns something. 作為一名教師，我不在乎學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)有多快。There may be a lot of reasons someone picks up a particular subject or topic more quickly: more background, natural adeptness, previous exposure to the material, more sleep that night, less stress, and so on.有很多原因會導(dǎo)致學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)某一特定學(xué)科或話題比別人快：更多的背景知識、天生的熟練、之前接觸過相關(guān)材料、前一晚睡眠更充足、壓力更小等。We process information differently. 我們處理信息有所不同。To use myself as an example, I tended to be comparatively slow in my advanced undergraduate mathematics classes. 以我自己為例，我在大學(xué)高數(shù)課上就屬于相對學(xué)習(xí)慢的。In retrospect, I’ve come to realize that one of the ways I learn is “error-based.” That is, I effectively learn by making mistakes. 回顧過去，我意識到我的一種學(xué)習(xí)方法是“以錯為鑒”，就是通過犯錯有效地學(xué)習(xí)。This may be slower than other methods of learning, but when I learn something, I really learn it.這個方法可能比其他學(xué)習(xí)方法慢，但只要我學(xué)會了，就是真的學(xué)會了。Personally, I think that this method of learning is well-suited for research. Now, this is quite different from someone who is simply unprepared for a course.就我個人而言，我認(rèn)為這種學(xué)習(xí)方法很適合做研究?，F(xiàn)在我要說明一下這跟課前準(zhǔn)備不充分可不是一回事。

 

獲得1k好評的回答 @Thomas R. Jackson：

I seldom worried about “slow learners” when teaching residents or even medical students. I knew these young men and women could learn. 在教當(dāng)?shù)鼐用窕蛘呱踔玲t(yī)學(xué)生時(shí)我不怎么擔(dān)心學(xué)得慢的人，我知道這些年輕人能學(xué)會。There is a lot of material to master in medicine, but there is also time. That is what training programs are about. 醫(yī)學(xué)上有很多需要掌握的材料，但也需要時(shí)間，這就是培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目的意義所在。Like in so many other professions, knowledge is only a part of being a doctor. 像很多其他職業(yè)一樣，知識只是醫(yī)生職業(yè)的一部分。I spent decades learning enough to be a doctor and decades more keeping up and improving. 我花費(fèi)數(shù)十年時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)醫(yī)生所需的足夠多的東西，又花費(fèi)數(shù)十年時(shí)間追趕潮流并提高自我。It never stops, and never should.學(xué)習(xí)永不停歇，也永遠(yuǎn)不該停下。Slow learners need a study plan, and time, and good classes, and periodic assessment. 學(xué)習(xí)慢的人需要學(xué)習(xí)計(jì)劃、時(shí)間、好的課堂和定期評估。Now the world is competitive and sometimes being too slow means you miss out. 現(xiàn)在社會競爭激烈，有時(shí)速度太慢意味著你會錯過機(jī)會。But speed is seldom the biggest marker of success. Learning, like a career, or like life, is a marathon, not a sprint.但速度也極少是成功最大的標(biāo)志。學(xué)習(xí)就像事業(yè)或生活一樣，是一場馬拉松，而不是沖刺。

 

（翻譯：菲菲）

(來源:滬江)