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123)          material has been presented in an interesting way

One award-winning teacher expressed this dimension as follows: "I have found the formula for good teaching is simple: 1) Have something substantive to say: 2) Know how to say it. Having the former without the latter is irrelevant; having the latter without the former is vacuous." (McKinney, 1988)

·         Davis, Wood & Wilson (1983) present suggestions concerning the use of concrete or memorable examples as an interesting style of presentation.

·         Tomorrow's Professor Listserv (McKinney, 1988) suggests that a variety of mechanisms for presentation can enhance a student's interest.

·         The Large Classes Newsletter (Carbone, 1996) suggests that by "incorporating demonstrations and dramatic devices into the lecture format, we can help increase student attention, interest, understanding and learning".

Carbone, E. (1996). The large classes newsletter. Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland. Retrieved 20 October, 2002, from the World Wide Web: http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/FacRes/CTE/lcn/lcn2.html

Davis, B. G., Wood, L., & Wilson, R. C. (1983). A Berkeley compendium of suggestions for teaching with excellence [World Wide Web]. The University of California. Retrieved 20 October, 2002, from the World Wide Web: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/compendium/suggestions/file24.html

McKinney, K. (1988). Components of quality teaching [World Wide Web]. Tomorrow's Professor Listserv, Standford Learning Lab. Retrieved 20 October, 2002, from the World Wide Web: http://sll.stanford.edu/projects/tomprof/newtomprof/postings/98.html