tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post4785889286904315648..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: more time in groups, less learningCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-41974536619629976142011-04-17T12:55:59.560-07:002011-04-17T12:55:59.560-07:00Neither Business (at most schools) nor Communicati...Neither Business (at most schools) nor Communications (at pretty much all schools) carries any risk of flunking your essential courses. No hard calculus. No Middle English. No Chemistry. That's not to say that you can't learn a lot in those majors; many do. But if your goal is to avoid truly hard work, to avoid having to overcome something you just don't understand at the beginning, those majors would be good bets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-79772708286092945672011-04-17T10:31:59.051-07:002011-04-17T10:31:59.051-07:00I don't think they looked at apples to apples ...I don't think they looked at apples to apples -- but on the other hand I **think** communication majors fared better than business majors. (Take that with a grain of salt; I have to check to see whether I'm remembering correctly.)<br /><br />Offhand, I don't see where business majors would attract less talented kids than communication majors.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-36098203355243889552011-04-16T09:57:42.905-07:002011-04-16T09:57:42.905-07:00The GMAT statistic is skewed by the fact that few ...The GMAT statistic is skewed by the fact that few of the top schools offer an undergraduate business major. Penn, Cornell, Georgetown, and Notre Dame do, but I can't think of any others. At most of the top schools, if a student wants to study business, he/she has to major in Economics or Industrial Engineering.Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-57988850323589435732011-04-14T08:29:04.437-07:002011-04-14T08:29:04.437-07:00Was the classification of students based on their ...Was the classification of students based on their major at the beginning or end of the time period? One could also explain the phenomenon by movement of the weak students into certain majors, rather than by differences in the pedagogy in the majors. (Personally, I think both are happening, but I'm curious whether the study made any attempt to separate different pedagogy from student choices.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com