Active Learning Activities

The Heart of the Matter: Exploring Exercise in Cardiac Disease

Before class, students read an article and gather 5 elements. In class, they "pool" findings and sort into categories.

Data Mining and Sorting: Scaffolding the Exploration of Scientific Articles

The purpose of this activity is to deepen students' understanding of cardiac pathophysiology

Rough Draft Workshop: Group Peer Assessment Jigsaw Activity for Case Study or Procedural Writing

Students bring a rough draft of a written group project for peer evaluation and feedback

Categorizing for Review

Peer Review

4 Sociological Perspectives: Working with Theoretical Frameworks

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

Action-Learning Sets

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Circus Launch Clicker Questions

Momentum Photoproject

Home Wiring

Interacting Objects

Problem Sorting

Problem Sorting Review

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3