Lecture structure

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Most students want clear rules, class material that is clear-cut for review at exam time, and a reasonable assignment load. A conscientious instructor wants to deliver as much technical knowledge as possible, while at the same time hoping that students will become better managers and citizens as a result of this learning experience. Both the instructor and the students want the learned material to be remembered after the semester is over.

As a result, there is an intrinsic tension between breadth and depth of the course contents, and between short and long term objectives. Without claiming to have found a magic bullet to conciliate these dilemmas, the following structure used for lecturing in this course attempts to strike a balance between them.

1) Show the scope of the lecture.
2) Discuss the last homework.
3) Present briefly the session topic.
    · Questions from assigned reading.
    · Brief lecture about the session topic.
4) Do a class exercise.
5) Discuss the class exercise.
6) Lecture in more detail the session topic.
7) Assign homework, reading for next session.

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