Active Learning Activities

Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

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17 Activities

Languages and Literature

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

Social sciences Psychology

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Teams explore Gardner's Theory, present one component, summarize presentation content, and conduct a self-assessment.

Languages and Literature Interdisciplinary

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

Social sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Students complete a grid that illustrates different life periods that reinforce gender narratives.

Health science Social sciences Applied arts STEM

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Social sciences

Identity Dot Exercise

Languages and Literature

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Languages and Literature

Rhetorical Strategies

Social sciences

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

STEM Physics

Kinematics Concept Mapping

STEM Physics

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

STEM Physics

Home Wiring

STEM Physics

Problem Sorting

STEM Physics

Problem Sorting Review

STEM Physics

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3