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.

Social sciences Psychology

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in the Workplace

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

Interdisciplinary Health science

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

STEM Biology

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

STEM Biology

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Languages

Projet Specific: Webzine

Languages

Three-Tiered Writing

Languages

Homophones Talent Show

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Languages

Pratique d’écriture

Languages

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

STEM Biology

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

Languages

Rhetorical Strategies

Languages

Putting the “You” in education: Using self-reflections for learning

STEM Mathematics

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

STEM Mathematics

Sketching the graph of a curve

Languages

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Environmental science

Jigsaw Geography Presentation

STEM Biology

Protein Separation

Applied arts

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

STEM Biology

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System