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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STEM Physics

Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Students watch, discuss, then analyze the veracity of a video in which hydrophobic shoes allow people to run on water.

Young university students studying with computer in cafe. Group of people in campus library. College teenager using laptop at table. Group study for school assignment.

Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

Social sciences Psychology

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.

Languages and Literature Interdisciplinary

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

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Running on Water: Activating Prior Knowledge of Static Equilibrium

Sensation and Perception Lab

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

It’s All in the Delivery: 6 Rounds to Effective Presentation

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Projet Specific: Webzine

Dictation: Read and Run

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

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

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Home Wiring

Problem Sorting Review