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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16 Activities

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Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

Health science Interdisciplinary

Role Reveal 201: Exploring Interdisciplinary Collaboration

In teams, students from each discipline complete a patient interview then contrast their approaches.

Health science

Mock Data Collection and Role Play for Health Disciplines In-Lab Practice

Students play the role of a client in a simulated clinical intervention to provide a more authentic context for lab practice

Humanities Interdisciplinary

Peer Review

Engineering STEM

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Languages

Projet Specific: Webzine

Biology Chemistry Engineering STEM

Building Effective Teams

Languages

Three-Tiered Writing

Languages

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Languages

Projects on Junot Diaz: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”

Biology STEM

Does X Associate with Y?

Engineering STEM

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

Engineering STEM

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

Engineering STEM

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

Physics STEM

What is Torque?

Physics STEM

Momentum Photoproject