#  Dan Levy 

 



##  Dan Levy 

**Senior Lecturer in Public Policy**  
**Harvard Kennedy School**

Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Faculty Chair of the SLATE (Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence) Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School, demonstrates a persistence to improve teaching and learning outcomes. In this video, Dan describes the context of *Advanced Quantitative Methods*, a course aimed at equipping students with the necessary statistical tools to improve public policy at the global level. Students in the video underscore the refreshingly interactive nature of Dan’s class.



 

 

 

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  [### Circulating the room to elicit participation

 ](/circulating-room-elicit-participation) 

   ![Dan Levy circulating the classroom](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.1.9.jpg?itok=2QqENQFw) 

 



 

 

   [### Conducting in-class polling and peer discussion

 ](/conducting-class-polling-check-understanding-and-stimulate-peer-discussion) 

   ![Professor Levy teaching in class](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.2.8.jpg?itok=coNmWAQZ) 

 



 

 

   [### Developing A Learning Culture

 ](/developing-learning-culture) 

   ![Professor Levy lecturing](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/1.0.6.jpg?itok=8iZCYOxB) 

 



 

 

   [### Employing handouts as a study guide to highlight important concepts

 ](/employing-handouts-study-guide-highlight-important-concepts) 

   ![Students flipping through handouts](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.1.4.jpg?itok=BLDxJ41s) 

 



 

 

   [### Getting to know your students

 ](/getting-know-your-students) 

   ![Students in classroom](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/1.0.1.jpg?itok=ZW60S8wb) 

 



 

 

   [### Modifying plans to excite deeper learning

 ](/modifying-plans-excite-deeper-learning) 

   ![Professor Levy teaching in class](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.3.5.jpg?itok=pU5iSnpk) 

 



 

 

   [### Providing wait-time for students to process and gain confidence

 ](/providing-wait-time-students-process-and-gain-confidence) 

   ![Classroom of students waiting to respond](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.1.7.jpg?itok=Wmi8FQAM) 

 



 

 

   [### Using the iPad for interactive problem solving

 ](/using-ipad-interactive-problem-solving) 

   ![Dan Levy handing off iPad to student](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.1.5.jpg?itok=y47ucgcU) 

 



 

 

  

 

 

 

 

## Full Class Session

Watch the full class session featured in this instructor’s move videos to observe and reflect on teaching practices as they unfold. Click below to find a breakdown of all the class activities, with accompanying timestamps and descriptions. The video is also chaptered according to featured instructional moves, allowing you to see how these vignettes fit into the larger context of the session.

[Class Activity Breakdown](/file_url/833)



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

##  Course Documents 

 



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 [### Advanced Quantitative Methods Syllabus

 ](/resource/fullsyllabusapi-209fall2016-fvpdf) 

 

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 [### Getting to Know You Handout

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 [### Multiple Regression Handout

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 [### Poll Everywhere Results

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