Harvard physicist Eric Mazur explains how he realized his students were memorizing rather than understanding, and how he changed his teaching. He presents peer instruction and data showing improved student performance.

Why Hacker News readers recommend it: Repeatedly recommended in education threads as the definitive talk on why lectures fail and what works better.

“Great video on how a pretty good teacher (as conventionally measured) learned how to really teach.”

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