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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12 Activities

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

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.

Applied arts STEM Health science Social sciences

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Languages and Literature

Pratique d’écriture

Languages and Literature

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Languages and Literature

Rhetorical Strategies

Mathematics STEM

Sketching the graph of a curve

Physics STEM

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

Environmental science

Jigsaw Geography Presentation

Physics STEM

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Physics STEM

Home Wiring

Physics STEM

Newton’s Third Law