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.

Humanities Social sciences

Students analyze a film or piece of media watched in the course using two concepts: climax and catharsis.

Humanities Social sciences

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

Mathematics

In groups, students learn about orthogonality and cross products by creating geometrical shapes.

Interdisciplinary Languages and Literature

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

Mathematics STEM

STEM Physics Interdisciplinary

This activity helps students improve their quality of reading annotations using platforms like Perusall.

Humanities

Humanities Interdisciplinary

Interdisciplinary Languages and Literature

In this icebreaker activity, students answer questions about themselves, which is included in a anonymous class profile.

History Social sciences

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

History Social sciences

Students use homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material to generate better class discussion.