RE: Essence of teaching

[Paul C. Smith]

Jeff Ricker wrote:
> A question I am pondering:
>
> Regardless of the subject matter of a course, is there something that
> you believe is essential to superior teaching at the undergraduate
> level?

        A focus on identifying student misconceptions, and developing
representations of the material that address and correct those
misconceptions. This is discussed in the literature as "pedagogical content
knowledge".

Paul "Just got back from defending my dissertation" Smith       :)
Alverno College
Milwaukee