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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11 Activities

Interdisciplinary

Find Someone Who… An Icebreaker With Purpose

In this activity, students try to find someone for each list item. Items highlight key issues explored in the course.

Social sciences Psychology

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.

Social sciences Psychology

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.

Interdisciplinary

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Languages and Literature

Dictation: Read and Run

Languages and Literature

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Languages and Literature

Rhetorical Strategies

Languages and Literature

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Languages and Literature

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

STEM Engineering

Engineering Ethics

Student writing on a piece of paper
STEM Engineering

Piece of Paper Question