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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STEM Mathematics

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.

Health science

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.

STEM Physics

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

STEM Biochemistry

Exam Preparation

STEM Engineering

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

STEM Chemistry

Stereochemistry Activity

STEM Chemistry

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

STEM Biology

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

STEM Engineering

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Student writing on a piece of paper

STEM Engineering

Piece of Paper Question

STEM Physics

Dark Lords IF-AT

STEM Biology

Experimental Design in Neurobiology

STEM Chemistry

Limestone Rescue

STEM Biology

Cycles of Matter

STEM Chemistry

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

STEM Physics

Interacting Objects

STEM Physics

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3