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Todd says that this can prove to be a disadvantage to students mired in introductory science courses, because they lose out on some of the benefits of the balance between class sizes.
"The great majority of our courses here have enrollments of fewer than 20," Todd says. "The largest courses, however, are concentrated in our most populous concentrations and in the Core, so that students in these concentrations do not benefit from the many opportunities we offer for small-group instruction."
The Joy of Section
One of the ways in which professors can compensate for larger classes and ensure that students can still synthesize the material in a small learning environment is through section discussion.
A disadvantage of large lecture classes is the ease with which students can sleep in, skip class, and choose alternate activities over learning.