Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

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

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

Who Are You? A Multidimensional Examination of Self-Concept

Students investigate their self-concept, compare it to a classmate, assess differences between self- and social perception.

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Schools of Thought in Psychology

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Building Effective Teams

4 Sociological Perspectives: Working with Theoretical Frameworks

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

Reflective Reading on Islam

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

Action-Learning Sets

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Museum Tour

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop