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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Physics STEM

Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Students watch, discuss, then analyze the veracity of a video in which hydrophobic shoes allow people to run on water.

Cell Phone and tablet with programming code

Mathematics

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

Psychology Social sciences

Who Are You? A Multidimensional Examination of Self-Concept

Students investigate their self-concept, compare it to a classmate, assess differences between self- and social perception.

Psychology Social sciences

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

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Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

Who Are You? A Multidimensional Examination of Self-Concept

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Family Feud

National Building Code Jeopardy

Reflective Writing On Waves

Forces Scavenger Hunt