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.

Learning in Everyday Life

In this integrative assignment, students analyze their everyday activities through the lens of various learning theories.

Sensation and Perception Lab

The lab explores the senses of taste, smell, touch, proprioception and vision.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

Role Reveal 201: Exploring Interdisciplinary Collaboration

In teams, students from each discipline complete a patient interview then contrast their approaches.

An Abundance of Bells

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

How to Write Reading Annotations

5 Senses Lab

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Projet Specific: Webzine

Summative Assessment: My Diagnosis Assignment

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

Three-Tiered Writing

Homophones Talent Show

Activité sur les Homophones

Family HiStories of Migration

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

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Projects on Junot Diaz: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Engineering Physics IF-AT