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Grotzer Clip 3

Professor Grotzer joining in on small group discussion. Graduate students in foreground and background engaged in discussion.

Topics Covered

Peer learning; Questioning, listening and responding; Eliciting participation; Sharing expertise; teacher engagement with students during small group discussions; circulating the room; warm calling

  • Instructor: Tina Grotzer, Principal Research Scientist in Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Applying Cognitive Science to Teaching and Learning
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 59 seconds (43:16-47:15)

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Grotzer Clip 4

Professor Grotzer joining in on small group discussion. Graduate students in foreground and background engaged in discussion.

Topics Covered

Eliciting participation; Sharing expertise; Using humor; leading discussion; warm calling; instructional transparency

  • Instructor: Tina Grotzer, Principal Research Scientist in Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Applying Cognitive Science to Teaching and Learning
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 11 seconds (58:24-1:00:35)

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Grotzer Clip 5

Professor Grotzer joining in on small group discussion. Graduate students in foreground and background engaged in discussion.

Topics Covered

Sharing expertise; Building rapport; just-in-time-teaching; lecturette; connecting student ideas to research; connecting different session activities; using analogy

  • Instructor: Tina Grotzer, Principal Research Scientist in Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Applying Cognitive Science to Teaching and Learning
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 3 seconds (1:03:06-1:06:03)

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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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Brion-Meisels Clip 5

Four graduate students and Instructor Brion-Meisels standing together in a small group in discussion. There is a section of a projected slide visible behind them that reads "Tension & Reflections."

Topics Covered

Sharing expertise; Questioning, listening and responding; Peer learning; instructor as participant; responding to students; engaging with small groups; student-centered activity; infusing energy; using the space

  • Instructor: Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice
  • Clip Length: 9 minutes, 2 seconds

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Brion-Meisels Clip 4

Four graduate students and Instructor Brion-Meisels standing together in a small group in discussion. There is a section of a projected slide visible behind them that reads "Tension & Reflections."

Topics Covered

Peer learning; Eliciting participation; Making thinking visible; Sharing expertise; small group discussion; sharing out; using the board; just-in-time teaching

  • Instructor: Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice
  • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 33 seconds

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Schwartzstein Clip 6

Medium close up of graduate students gathered around a fake patient. One student with a mircrophone speaking to the patient.

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; responding to students; leading discussion; questioning

  • Instructor: Richard Schwartzstein, Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Medical School
  • Course: Homeostasis 1
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 4 seconds (1:03:19-1:06:23)

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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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Schwartzstein Clip 4

Medium close up of graduate students gathered around a fake patient. One student with a mircrophone speaking to the patient.

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; responding to students

  • Instructor: Richard Schwartzstein, Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Medical School
  • Course: Homeostasis 1
  • Clip Length: 1 minute, 24 seconds (52:06-53:30)

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Schwartzstein Clip 3

Medium close up of graduate students gathered around a fake patient. One student with a mircrophone speaking to the patient.

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; responding to students; offering explanation; pushing students’ thinking; metacognition

  • Instructor: Richard Schwartzstein, Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Medical School
  • Course: Homeostasis 1
  • Clip Length: 4 minutes, 1 second (34:39-38:40)

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Cockrill Clip 5

Wide shot of four graduate students seated at a table facing eachother, 2 with tablets, 2 with computers. Around them the rest of the class is seated in similar formation.

Topics Covered

Using humor; Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; Case teaching; providing personal experience from the field; creating flexibility for discussion; productive sidetracks; channeling expertise in the classroom; shared note taking; knowing your students

  • Instructor: Barbara Cockrill, Harold Amos Academy Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Medical School
  • Course: Homeostasis I
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 38 seconds

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