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1、1Thiswasnoordinaryclass.ThestudentswhocametogetherwereallscienceorengineeringprofessorsatCornellUniversity.Theyhadinterruptedtheirresearchtoacceptaninvitationtotakepartinanunusualexperiment:“aninterestingweekofpoetry”.Thisclasswaspartofastudytoanswerthequestions:Whyissciencedifficultforma

2、nynon-sciencestudents?Thestudentsinthepoetryclasslistenedtolecturesandtooknotes.Theyhadreadingtasksandhadtowritethreeshortpapers.Allstudentsnoticedonething—theimportanceofspokenwords.Inscienceandengineeringclasses,theinstructorsputtablesanddrawingsontheblackboard.Butinthispoetryclass,thei

3、nstructorsjusttalked.Theydidn’twriteanythingontheboard.Thescientistsandengineersnoticedonesimilaritybetweenscienceandpoetry.Inbothsubjects,studentsneedtofindlayersofmeaning.Somelayersaresimple,clear,andonthesurface;otherlayersaredeeperandmoredifficult.Thissearchfordifferentlevelsofmeaning

4、doesn’thappenmuchinundergraduatescienceclasses,butitisimportantlater,ingraduateschool.Anditisalwaysimportantinhumanities(人文科学).Boththepoetryinstructorsandtheirstudentslearnedsomethingaboutteachingfromthisexperience.Onepoetryinstructor,forexample,nowseestheimportanceofusinginformationalcha

5、rtsasheteaches.Mostofthescientistsagreedonseveralpoints.First,humanitiesclassesmighthelpsciencestudentstoseepatternsanddecidewhichinformationisimportant.Second,thepoetryclasswasfun.Oneengineerdecided,“Weneedtochangethewayweteachengineeringtomakeitanenjoyableexperienceforstudents.”Butperha

6、psthemostimportantresultoftheexperiencewasthis:Alloftheprofessorsbegantothinkabouthowtheyteachandhowtheycanteachbetter.（Note：AnswerthequestionsorcompletethestatementsinNOMORETHANTWELVEWORDS.）81.Whywasthisclassveryunusual?82.Theexperimentwasdesignedtohelpteachersfindout________.83.Thepoetr

7、yclasswasdifferentfromscienceandengineeringclassesinthat__________.84.Whatinfluencedidtheexperimenthadonthoseprofessors?Key：81.Thestudentswere(scienceorengineering)professorsfromauniversity.82.whymanynon-science/humanitiesstudentsfindsciencehardtolearn83.theinstruct