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 Humanities

Group Work Project Contracting

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

Social sciences Humanities

Put Your Theory on Trial

Scaffolded debate that explores the nuances of a belief that the teacher has introduced.

Applied arts

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Students map key movements in Architecture and Design alongside social, political, artistic, economic, and tech milestones.

Young university students studying with computer in cafe. Group of people in campus library. College teenager using laptop at table. Group study for school assignment.

Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

Physics

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

Problem Sorting Review

STEM Physics

Newton’s Third Law

STEM Physics

Active Learning Activities

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Group Work Project Contracting

Put Your Theory on Trial

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Sensation and Perception Lab

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Low Stakes Debate

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Action-Learning Sets

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Museum Tour

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

Interior Design – Library Design

The Ideal Classroom

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting Review

Newton’s Third Law

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3