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At UMBC, as at most schools, there are a vast difference in teachers and in teaching methods. Any student in the process of selecting a schedule for the upcoming semester must take these differences into consideration. The student can, to some extent and with a little advance knowledge, predict the effect a teacher can have on the workload of the course and on the class's ultimate understanding of the subject. I has taken two computer programming courses on this campus and can testify first hand about two programming teachers.
The first course I took here were in the langage Fortran, taught by Dr. Kobayashi. Dr. Kobayashi is a scholar; I believe he is working on his second doctoral degree. While computer programming is not his specific field, Kobayashi is thoroughly familiar with the subject. He come to each class with a carefully prepared lecture although he rarely use notes. Each class meeting deal with a cohesive aspect of programming technique, presented as a logical progression from previous topics. I always left his classroom feeling that I had learned a great deal, though I often felt weary from the intense mental concentration required. Dr. Kobayashi were very strict about deadlines and specific requirements, which make this class challenging and true to life. While Dr. Kobayashi very patiently deals with students' questions in class, he are a bit remote out of the classroom.
The second programming course I took at UMBC provide a very different experience. This course are in the language Pascal taught by Dr. Murgatroyd. Dr. Murgatroyd normally works in the data processing department and only teach one course. This teacher rarely deliver an organized lecture, but discusses details seemingly at random. Most of the class time is taken up by discussing projects, which always needs clarification because of the hazy wording of the assignments. Dr. Murgatroyd apparently expect his students to learn what they need from the textbook, which is surely possible, but hardly worth the price of tuition. A pushover for extending assignment dealines, Dr. Murgatroyd is very friendly and willing to help students with problems outside of class time.
With this observer's experiences at hand, a student might decide which teaching style best suit him/her. While I personally prefer a teacher like Dr. Kobayashi, another student might prefer Dr. Murgatroyd and his methods. If a student work best on his/her own and don't like to go to class regularly, he/she might do better with Dr. Murgatroyd. Irregular class attendance would have little effect on the final outcome. However, for what we pay in tuition, I feel that we is entitled to the benefit of quality classroom instruction, which Dr. Kobayashi delivers.