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.

Social sciences

In this test review activity, students create questions, exchange them with a peer, and answer each other's questions.

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Students gain experience with a model of writing which employs Peer Assessment as the Active Learning strategy.

Social sciences

In this multiple-class activity, students explore a chosen neighborhood in Montreal and investigate significant social issues

Social sciences Applied arts Health science

The purpose of this activity is to familiarize students with the potential of online tools for problem-solving.

Environmental science

In this activity, students learn to define sustainability and apply this to a single Montreal neighbourhood.

Environmental science

In this semester-long activity, students visit a farm several times to engage in a critical analysis of that ecosystem.

STEM Engineering

In this semester-long activity, students design and analyze mine ventilation systems as well as problem-solving skills.

Social sciences

In this version of a gallery walk, students create mind maps, showcase them in the class, and peer-review each other's work.

Environmental science

The aim of this project is to get students thinking about facts and concepts related to rivers in the field (in real life!).

STEM Engineering

This activity's goal is to familiarize students with the peer review process and teach them how to accept peer criticism.