Why did the Oklahoma math professor's students score so much higher than everyone else?
The professor's students scored much higher because of his teaching tactics. Rather than teaching a mathematical theorem and then dropping it to move on, he instead kept reviewing the material throughout the entire semester, a style of constant review and repetition.
Les explains that the Oklahoma mathematics professor gained almost worldwide acclaim for his teaching tactics, and his math students scored much higher than almost any place else. It turned out to be merely a style of teaching he used. He would not just teach a mathematical theorem and then drop it to go to the next one, but throughout the whole semester he would keep reviewing. Les relates this to his own approach, saying the only way you learn is over and over.
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What teaching method made the Oklahoma math professor's students score so much higher?
The only way you learn is over and over and over; the Oklahoma mathematics professor's students scored far higher than almost anywhere else because he kept reviewing throughout the whole semester instead of dropping each theorem and moving on.