Annette's advice re letting the student provide the update/correction is an
excellent suggestion. (I'm writing it down!) Especially since my own review
of several sources shows numerous misconceptions, diagrams that don't match
the text, and a flip-flopping numerous times on what is correct (tangles and
plaques in Alzheimer's). I'm less certain of the correct answer now than I
was before I looked it up! :( (And I don't have time right now to go reread
the original sources).
Tim Shearon
>
> Unless I am very dim compared to everyone else on the list, this has probably
> happened to all of us in some way (either giving incorrect or dated
> information to our classes.)
>
> My take on it is that I certainly feel better if I am the one who is allowed
> to correct my own mistake rather than having a colleague or (gasp) a student
> do it.
>
> So I would talk to her privately and share the correct information, and give
> her a chance to "update" her peers in the class without necessarily divulging
> the source of the "update" unless she wants to. I don't think you'll have to
> twist her arm.
>
> Let me know how it goes.
>
> Nancy Melucci
> Santa Monica et al Colleges
> Huntington Beach, CA
>
