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While some professors' jobs aren't quite sophysical, their daily routines require them tofulfll several tasks at the same time. With allthe demands placed on him, Mazur said he oftenworks "double days" and will appreciate the leaveof absence facilitated by the award...
...three things I do--teaching, researchingand writing a new textbook on introductoryphysics--each really requires one full person'sattentions," Mazur said...
...Usually when you do something well, you getpunished by being asked to do more of it. You'regood at teaching large courses, they ask you toteach large courses every year," Mazur said. "Itmay come as a surprise to give me time off. It isvery justified...
...absolutely delighted," Mazur said."There's nothing better than getting an award forwork I like doing and work I'm supposed to bedoing...
...Rather than teaching by telling, I teach byquestioning. I will project a question, 'havestudents think about it, and then have themdiscuss it with their neighbors," Mazur said."What happens is truly amazing. Students whounderstand explain and convince students whodon't. The students are teaching one another; I'mthe coach...