Active Learning Activities

Learning in Everyday Life

In this integrative assignment, students analyze their everyday activities through the lens of various learning theories.

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

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

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

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.

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.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace

In groups, students explore Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in its application to workplace scenarios

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Categorizing for Review

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Gender and Job Inequality

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Action-Learning Sets

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Family Feud

Museum Tour

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

The Ideal Classroom

National Building Code Jeopardy

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Mass of A Car