Active Learning Activities

Two-stage Testing for Second-year Math Students

Students are given four 2-stage tests throughout a semester; 1st stage written individually, 2nd students work in groups.

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

Safety First! Rank and Sort Case for Clinical Reasoning Skills

Case-based ranking & sorting activities based on pre-class quiz on exercise safety in a client with a cardiac condition.

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Blended Learning

Two Stage Quiz

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Projet Specific: Webzine

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Three-Tiered Writing

Putting the “You” in Education: Using Self-reflections for Learning

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

Organic Food vs GMOs

Engineering Physics IF-AT

Engineering Ethics

Piece of Paper Question

Dark Lords IF-AT

Reflective Writing On Waves