Social sciences Humanities

Group Work Project Contracting

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

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Social sciences Humanities

Put Your Theory on Trial

Scaffolded debate that explores the nuances of a belief that the teacher has introduced.

Social sciences Psychology

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Teams explore Gardner's Theory, present one component, summarize presentation content, and conduct a self-assessment.

Health science

The Heart of the Matter: Exploring Exercise in Cardiac Disease

Before class, students read an article and gather 5 elements. In class, they "pool" findings and sort into categories.

STEM Health science

Data Mining and Sorting: Scaffolding the Exploration of Scientific Articles

The purpose of this activity is to deepen students' understanding of cardiac pathophysiology

Health science

Rough Draft Workshop: Group Peer Assessment Jigsaw Activity for Case Study or Procedural Writing

Students bring a rough draft of a written group project for peer evaluation and feedback

Health science

Communicable Puzzles: Children’s Most Common Infectious Diseases

Using the Jigsaw strategy, students become an “expert” for one communicable disease through self-directed research.

STEM Physics

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

STEM Physics

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Social sciences Humanities

Can I Use the Internet?

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

STEM Engineering

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Social sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Students complete a grid that illustrates different life periods that reinforce gender narratives.

Social sciences Applied arts STEM Health science

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

STEM Biology Chemistry Engineering

Building Effective Teams

History

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Social sciences

Action-Learning Sets

Social sciences

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

Social sciences

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Social sciences

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

STEM Engineering

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

STEM Engineering

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

STEM Physics

Kinematics Concept Mapping