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Mazur Clip 4

Faculty and student up at white board; student writing

Topics Covered

Making thinking visible; Peer learning; Questioning, listening and responding; circulating during small group work; illustrating concepts; teaching through problems

  • Instructor: Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Course: Physics as a Foundation for Science and Engineering
  • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 20 seconds (1:11:15-1:16:35)

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McCarthy Clip 7

Tim McCarthy chiming in during discussion

Topics Covered

Closing class; Peer learning; Challenging content; last word; role of the provokers; challenging topic, attending to affective elements

  • Instructor: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Stories of Slavery & Freedom
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 6 seconds

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Mazur Clip 3

Faculty and student up at white board; student writing

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Eliciting participation; Making thinking visible; valuing and responding to student questions; classroom climate; using the board/overhead

  • Instructor: Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Course: Physics as a Foundation for Science and Engineering
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 51 seconds (40:00-42:51)

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McCarthy Clip 6

Tim McCarthy chiming in during discussion

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Challenging content; responding to students; posing deeper discussion questions; offering reminders of where students are in the course trajectory; attending to affective elements

  • Instructor: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Stories of Slavery & Freedom
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 55 seconds

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Mazur Clip 2

Faculty and student up at white board; student writing

Topics Covered

Peer learning; Questioning, listening and responding; Making thinking visible; Instructional technology; individualized attention from teaching team; conceptual understanding

  • Instructor: Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Course: Physics as a Foundation for Science and Engineering
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 54 seconds (32:54-36:48)

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McCarthy Clip 5

Tim McCarthy chiming in during discussion

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; Challenging content; responding to students; providing further insight/expertise; connecting student comments; non-verbal affirmation

  • Instructor: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Stories of Slavery & Freedom
  • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 26 seconds

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Mazur Clip 1

Faculty and student up at white board; student writing

Topics Covered

Eliciting participation; Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; responding to student questions; different forms of participation; leveraging pre-work, support materials; differentiation; lecture

  • Instructor: Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Course: Physics as a Foundation for Science and Engineering
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 13 seconds (28:53-31:06)

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McCarthy Clip 4

Tim McCarthy chiming in during discussion

Topics Covered

Using humor; Questioning, listening and responding; Challenging content; responding to students; using humor to cut the air in tense discussions; learning from students

  • Instructor: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Stories of Slavery & Freedom
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 36 seconds

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McCarthy Clip 3

Tim McCarthy chiming in during discussion

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Challenging content; when to intervene; pushing student thinking; redirecting discussion with textually specific questions

  • Instructor: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Stories of Slavery & Freedom
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 36 seconds

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McCarthy Clip 2

Tim McCarthy chiming in during discussion

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Peer learning; Challenging content; student facilitators' roles in the student-centered/student-provoked discussion; asking questions; when to intervene; connecting student ideas; responding to students

  • Instructor: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Stories of Slavery & Freedom
  • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 42 seconds

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McCarthy Clip 1

Tim McCarthy chiming in during discussion

Topics Covered

Opening class; Peer learning; Challenging content; role of student discussion leaders; application; grounding in the text, bringing in current events

  • Instructor: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Stories of Slavery & Freedom
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 46 seconds

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Arlotta Clip 6

Paola Arlotta writing on the whiteboard

Topics Covered

Using humor; Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; Exercising flexibility; extended exchange with one student; using knowledge of students; being open to questions throughout; answering student questions; being open to unexpected topics

  • Instructor: Paola Arlotta, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Got (New) Brain? The Evolution of Brain Regeneration
  • Clip Length: 4 minutes, 14 seconds (1:09:22-1:13:36)

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Arlotta Clip 5

Paola Arlotta writing on the whiteboard

Topics Covered

Offering feedback ; Questioning, listening and responding; asking questions

  • Instructor: Paola Arlotta, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Got (New) Brain? The Evolution of Brain Regeneration
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 15 seconds (42:48-45:03)

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Arlotta Clip 4

Paola Arlotta writing on the whiteboard

Topics Covered

Eliciting participation; Questioning, listening and responding; wait time, asking questions

  • Instructor: Paola Arlotta, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Got (New) Brain? The Evolution of Brain Regeneration
  • Clip Length: 1 minute, 54 seconds (39:19-41:13)

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Arlotta Clip 3

Paola Arlotta writing on the whiteboard

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Exercising flexibility; Making thinking visible; responding to student questions; shared note taking

  • Instructor: Paola Arlotta, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Got (New) Brain? The Evolution of Brain Regeneration
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 12 seconds (31:47-34:59)

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