Mazur Clip 2

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

Profiled: Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, teaches "Physics as a Foundation for Science and Engineering" to 60 students at Harvard College.

Clip Length: 3 minutes, 54 seconds (32:54-36:48)

Clip Context:

• “AP50: Physics as a Foundation for Science and Engineering,” an undergraduate course at Harvard College with 60 students enrolled.
• This course is a yearlong, team- and project-based introduction to physics. In the course, Mazur assigns students to small groups and challenges them to solve real-life problems using physics concepts.
• This clip comes about 35 minutes into the 97-minute class session as Mazur poses a problem to students and asks them to discuss their responses with their peers.