[Edu-sig] a non-rhetorical question

[Laura Creighton]

Now it is sounding to me as if it is possible that your students 
are at the 'i understrand it when you say it, but not well
enough to do it myself' stage.  Which means they need more homework.
Basic drilling stuff.  One odd thing I found was that students are
really unhappy with * as multiply and ** as exponentation -- those
that even knew what exponentation was.  I thought 5 exercises
using the notation would be enough.  Wasn't. 10 was, though.

Laura