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It's a hydraulic jump.   Next problem? ------------------------------ Timothy Murphy P.E., M.ASCE Professor Trine University Angola IN ------------------------------

That is surprising.  My experiences in graduate school, both at very large and large and highly-ranked universities, were very collaborative.   We were always trying to explain things to each other. ------------------------------ Timothy Murphy P.E., M.ASCE Professor Trine University Angola IN ...

Heidi, This is an excellent post about how to do homework with a group.   Try first on your own, then discuss to either check answers or get past difficult portions.   And discussion of concepts between colleagues helps everyone.   And this discussion just doesn't help the students who don't understand ...

I wish it was that simple Heidi.  I once spent an entire summer preparing my own problems for a class, so I didn't have to use problems from the book.   Students just took pictures of the problems, uploaded them to Chegg, and the Chegg 'tutors' solved them and posted the answers.   Students have even ...

Sites like Chegg and CourseHero are not resources, they are answer keys.  And like answer keys in the days before the internet, they are unethical to use them for graded assignments.   Sadly, students who have been doing this since high school, or earlier, have come to think that it's OK.   Professors ...

Your post reminded me of my time in Philly doing H&H modeling, but it was a bit different.  Back then, the PWD was under a consent decree to develop the LTCP for its CSO system.  As consultants, we were moved into PWD offices to develop the CSO model for the department with a ridiculously short timeline.  ...

To reiterate what most have said, the best preparation is practice, which it sounds like you are doing.   I teach engineering, and of the students I know who don't pass, I think it's because of their effort into preparation.   Even students who didn't get grades in class, pass because they put the time ...