..yeah, its better to get the students "prepped" for a test they have
to take than for them not to learn anything. What we must not do is
confuse these sessions with a balanced presentation of the intellectual
content of some subject. And we must not use the scores to evaluate the
knowledge of the student nor the effectiveness of the teaching.
WBN
Barlow Newbolt
Professor of Physics
Washington and Lee University
e-mail: newboltw@wlu.edu
telephone: 540-463-8881
fax: 540-463-8884
Office: Howe 218
"Had I been present at the creation, I would have given
some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe."