Two questions:
Does anyone know of any research suggesting an interaction between student enthusiasm for a topic and professor expression of enthusiasm that would indicate that low performance would be attained by the low student enthusiasm /high prof enthusiasm group? It occurs to me that professing enthusiasm for a topic others find difficult may get in the way of communicating concepts. Is there a negative correlation between ratings of clear exposition and rated intelligence of the professor? I like to think that intelligence would be communicated by making difficult concepts understandable but it seems many students think a prof is intelligent if they don't understand what he or she is saying. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp ---
