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advise on class size...
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Hi Robo Educators,

I would like to gather some opinions from the educators out there who teach
their middle school classes using the LEGO MINDSTORMS + Robolab:
1) What is a reasonable class size in 2 to 3 hours session?
2) How about summer camp configuration? Since the summer classes runs 5
hours a day, it involves additional science projects for an hour.
Therefore, they really spend approx. 4 hours on robotics activities. I
currently plan to have 12 middle school kids in the class with one adult
instructor.  Will this sound reasonable?

Please advise!

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  Re: advise on class size...
 
I try to keep to around not more than 5 children per mindstorms kit (or per RCX if using Dacta), and not more than 8-10 per instructor. Usually - once you get above about 8, it is good to have a couple of other adults around to keep peace, so the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.robotics.edu)

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