Dear Group,<br>Dear Friends,<br><br>This is a physics colloquium about the teaching philosophy of Eric Mazur. It might be of general interest to both my lab, and my colleagues. I am currently employing the method, and it is effective and a lot of fun.<br>

<br>Alan<br><br><br clear="all">Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor<br>Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology<br>12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138<br>(617)-384-8188 | <a href="http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu">http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu</a><br>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Eric Mazur</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mazur@physics.harvard.edu">mazur@physics.harvard.edu</a>&gt;</span><br>

Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:36 PM<br>Subject: Colloquium 9/28<br>To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik &lt;<a href="mailto:alan@aspuru.com">alan@aspuru.com</a>&gt;<br><br><br><div style="">Dear Alan,<div><br></div><div>Just wanted to let you know that I&#39;m giving the Physics Colloquium on education next Monday (Sep 28). The title of my presentation is &quot;Confessions of a converted lecturer,&quot; and an abstract is appended below. The colloquium is at 4:15 pm  in Jefferson 250. Tea is served in the Jefferson library starting at 3:30 pm.</div>

<div><br></div><div>I hope you can come. Please feel free to circulate this message to colleagues who might be interested in hearing about my teaching philosophy and the data that brought me to change my approach to lecturing.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Hope to see you on Monday!</div><div><br></div><div>Eric</div><div><br></div><div><table width="600" bgcolor="#e4e5ca" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="209"><b>Eric Mazur</b><br>Balkanski Professor of Physics<br>

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<div>Jefferson 250</div><div>September 28, 2009 4:15 pm</div><div><br></div><div>I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the material. Who was to blame? The students? The material? I will explain how I came to the agonizing conclusion that the culprit was neither of these. It was my teaching that caused students to fail! I will show how I have adjusted my approach to teaching and how it has improved my students&#39; performance significantly.</div>

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