On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 02:29:35PM -0400, Mark Daniel Ward wrote: > Dear Hadley, > Yes, yes, I make lots and lots of mistakes too. I do everything "live", > in front of the students. (I think that it makes them happy to see the > professor making some mistakes, because they see that everyone makes > mistakes from time to time!) > After the lecture is over, while I am adding lots of comments, I also > take the time to correct any mistakes that I made. This process took a LOT > of time the first time that I did it, but I think that it was worthwhile. > I'm weighing whether to do it again this fall..... and I think that I > will. It should be easier the second time around. > Mark
I have often done exactly the same, and students have expressed their appreciation. They also are likely complain when I don't do this, no matter how simple the example presented... albyn _______________________________________________ R-sig-teaching@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-teaching
