Active Learning Activities

Group Work Project Contracting

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

Two-stage Testing for Second-year Math Students

Students are given four 2-stage tests throughout a semester; 1st stage written individually, 2nd students work in groups.

Decoding Decimal, Binary & Octal: Number System Adventures

In teams, students explore the binary number system and create parameters for an octal number system.

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

Can I Use the Internet?

Low Stakes Debate

Instructional Survey

Categorizing for Review

5 Senses Lab

Les Ateliers de Creation

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Projet Specific: Webzine

Vénus d’Ille: Police Enquiry

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

Rédaction d’un Paragraphe de Texte Expressif

Three-Tiered Writing

Homophones Talent Show

Dictation: Read and Run

Activité sur les Homophones

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Family HiStories of Migration

Students interview two members of their family to collect information about their family history and present it in class.

Pratique d’écriture

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels