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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12 Activities

STEM Mathematics

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.

Physics

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

STEM Physics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Biology STEM

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

STEM Physics

Two Stage Quiz

Engineering STEM

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

STEM Mathematics

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

Chemistry STEM

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

STEM Biology

Organic Food vs GMOs

Physics STEM

Engineering Physics IF-AT

STEM Engineering

Engineering Ethics

Physics STEM

Dark Lords IF-AT