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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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.

Interdisciplinary Health science

Role Reveal 201: Exploring Interdisciplinary Collaboration

In teams, students from each discipline complete a patient interview then contrast their approaches.

Interdisciplinary Health science

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

Languages 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

Social sciences STEM Biology

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Interdisciplinary STEM Physics

How to Write Reading Annotations

Social sciences

Urban Planning Project

Interdisciplinary

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Social sciences

Gender and Job Inequality

Social sciences

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Social sciences

4 Sociological Perspectives: Working with Theoretical Frameworks

Social sciences

Durkheim Suicide: Functionalist and Conflict Theory

Social sciences

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Social sciences

Identity Dot Exercise

Social sciences

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise