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.

Active Learning Activities

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Languages and Literature

Peer Review for Beginners

This peer-review activity for English 101 aims to help students improve their essays, but also to develop evaluation skills.

Humanities Social sciences

Group Work Project Contracting

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

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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.

STEM Physics Interdisciplinary

How to Write Reading Annotations

Humanities

5 Senses Lab

Engineering STEM

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

This activity uses real life case study examples to give students a more in-depth look at analytics.

Languages and Literature

Projet Specific: Webzine

Languages and Literature

Three-Tiered Writing

Languages and Literature

Homophones Talent Show

Languages and Literature

Activité sur les Homophones

History Social sciences

Family HiStories of Migration

Students interview two members of their family to collect information about their family history and present it in class.

Languages and Literature

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Engineering STEM

Mine Ventilation Design

Applied arts

Biomimicry Pin-ups

Languages and Literature

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Humanities Social sciences

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Physics STEM

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Engineering STEM

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Engineering STEM

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

This activity's goal is to familiarize students with the peer review process and teach them how to accept peer criticism.

Engineering STEM

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

Physics STEM

What is Torque?

Physics STEM

Momentum Photoproject