BCS: > At the other end, if the professor *only* lectures on what's in the book, > what are they being paid for? Just talking? Better would be for the professor > to lecture on application, the what/why (and not the how), how ideas are > related, anecdotes and the like.
Books are meant to be read before taking the lesson. Among other things, a teacher in science/technical fields can: - help students understand difficult concepts; - give problems that require the student to invent some new idea or be creative; - answer student questions. Bye, bearophile
