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From: pan@well.UUCP (Philip Nicholls)
Newsgroups: net.bio
Subject: College Biology
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Date: Tue, 13-May-86 02:23:02 EDT
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I teach high school biology, and I would like to direct question to anyone
in this group who teacher freshman biology in college.  
What would you like a freshman entering your class to "know" of perhaps just
be familiar with?  What are your biggest problems with incoming students in 
terms of inadequate preparation and what would you like to see done at  the 
high school level to correct this.

I am currently teaching at an academic high school in San Francisco.  I have
been approaching my classes in a "traditional" way, and have become unsatisfied
with this.  With all of the limits imposed by time and the degree of cognative
awareness of my students, I feel I should focus on a few key concepts and
forget the factual base ( they certainly will an hour after they leave my
class).  What is important, from your prespective?

                                          Philip Nicholls
                                          The Well, SF