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Monday, October 28, 2002
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/297/west/Dean_students_exchange_textbooks_for_computers+.shtml Dean students exchange textbooks for computers Franco Ordonez, Globe Staff Correspondent Looking to better engage their students and also save them a few bucks, two Dean College professors have tossed out textbooks in favor of computers. Students' backpacks are lighter and their class work is more entertaining, but does the ''Grease'' soundtrack really stimulate students trying to learn algebra? ''It's a complete experiment,'' concede d Jed Griswold, a psychology professor at the school in Franklin.... Griswold has teamed up with a Web book publisher to teach general psychology. Steve Gonsalves created his own online-based basic algebra curriculum and put it on a compact disc....
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