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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Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

Psychology Social sciences

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace

In groups, students explore Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in its application to workplace scenarios

Biology STEM

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

Humanities Social sciences

Can I Use the Internet?

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

Humanities Interdisciplinary

Peer Review

Social sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Applied arts STEM Health science Social sciences

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Social sciences

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Social sciences

Gender and Job Inequality

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

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Biology STEM

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

Biology STEM

From “yum” to “yuk”: a case in point… mutation

Social sciences

Action-Learning Sets

Social sciences

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

Humanities Social sciences

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Social sciences

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Biology STEM

Organic Food vs GMOs

Biology STEM

Does X Associate with Y?

Biology STEM

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Biology STEM

Biological Molecules