Grotzer Clip 1

Instructional Themes: Opening class; previewing content; transparency about pedagogical moves; attending to affective elements; encouraging reflection; connecting to students’ experiences

Profiled: Tina Grotzer, Principal Research Scientist in Education, teaches "Applying Cognitive Science to Teaching and Learning" to 35 students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Clip Length: 3 minutes, 30 seconds (00:00-03:30)

Clip Context:

• “Applying Cognitive Science to Teaching and Learning,” a graduate course at the Harvard Graduate School of Education with 35 students enrolled.
• This course helps students understand and apply principles from research on learning and cognitive science that interact with designing instruction. Through a combination of lecture and several discussion configurations, students consider how their own teaching and learning experiences complement and/or complicate the material they study.
• This clip comes at the very beginning of the 3-hour class as Grotzer offers students a “preview of class.”