Active Learning Activities

Finding Catharsis in Film and Media

Students analyze a film or piece of media watched in the course using two concepts: climax and catharsis.

Group Work Project Contracting

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

Silent Discussion

Conduct a discussion in your class without students ever speaking a word!

Reimagining the Reading Quiz: Peer Instruction in English

Students do a reading quiz in class and revise their answers after developing and sharing a rationale for their choice.

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

Students create a dating profile that highlights the key feature of the major Abnormality Models in Psychology.

An Abundance of Bells

Exam Preparation using Case Studies

The aim of this activity is to apply course materials to real-world problems using Case Studies.

Blended Learning: Just in Time

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Dictation: Read and Run

Pratique d’écriture

Sketching the graph of a curve

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Poetic Literary Jeopardy