But "he gallantly held himself in check so as not to dominate the class".
Valentine made his debut in the big leagues the next year, and he dominated the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, where he was the most valuable player in 1970.
Known as CS 5, the course focused on hard-core programming, appealing to a particular kind of student — young men, already seasoned programmers, who dominated the class.
Coming into the Beijing Olympics, Tim Slingsby had dominated the class, but his form has deserted him completely, and he finished way outside the top 10, failing to qualify for the final medal race.
In a diverse group of students, it is often women, students of color, and international students who become reticent when a handful of vocal students dominate the class discussion.
In other words, students with sub-par performance dominated the class, driving down the scores.
Often gifted students are so "a-buzz" with ideas when intellectually stimulated, they don't even realize they are dominating the class discussion.
The study attributes that to the traditional teacher-centered pedagogical theory and teaching practice still dominate the class in these schools, although they have been equipped with advanced software and hardware.
"It's probably better for at least another Brit to win if it can't be me!" Patience and Bithell won Sunday's 470 medal race but the Aussie pairing of Belcher and Page did enough with fourth place to take gold, having dominated the class all week.
Sometimes gifted children dominate the class discussion because the teacher is the only one who can participate in the dialogue at their level, so it is imperative that students have the opportunity to interact with ability peers – especially other students who are equally verbose.
