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Old 02-29-2016, 11:13 AM   #121
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Originally Posted by bizaro86 View Post
I think some basic level of comprehension of the subject being taught would be useful for determining whether the person was doing a good job teaching it or not. Can they evaluate classroom management, etc, sure.

But what happens when the teacher explains that the derivative of a constant is also a constant, "because you always add a constant to the end in calculus." Shouldn't it be someone's job to determine whether the people teaching stuff actually know it?
The students' grades are a pretty obvious measure of the teacher's ability to teach the subject matter.
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