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

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Teams explore Gardner's Theory, present one component, summarize presentation content, and conduct a self-assessment.

Health science Interdisciplinary

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

Applied arts STEM Health science Social sciences

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Languages

Pratique d’écriture

Languages

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Languages

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Languages

Rhetorical Strategies

Mathematics STEM

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

Mathematics STEM

Sketching the graph of a curve

Languages

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Chemistry STEM

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

Applied arts

The Ideal Classroom

STEM Chemistry

Explosives Detective

Chemistry STEM

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution