The Socratic method really gives you an opportunity to identify 
what concepts are not clear in the minds of the students.  
And what I really like about it is the fact 
that it may take you off on a tangential path
which is interesting to the students 
but not necessarily following directly from the lecture material.
And often we learn more from a wrong answer 
in these situations than we do from a right answer.
And I tell the students 
as we go through the give and take of the discussion,
I don't hold wrong answers against them 
because they provide us with a learning experience.
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