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.

Active Learning Activities

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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.

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

Health science Social sciences Applied arts STEM

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Languages and Literature

Three-Tiered Writing

Languages and Literature

Homophones Talent Show

Languages and Literature

Dictation: Read and Run

Languages and Literature

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

STEM Physics

Forget the Math! Draw Pictures to Learn the Wave Theory of Light

Languages and Literature

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Applied arts

The Ideal Classroom

Applied arts

National Building Code Jeopardy

STEM Engineering

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

STEM Physics

Kinematics Concept Mapping

STEM Physics

Forces Scavenger Hunt

STEM Physics

Lenz’s Law

STEM Physics

Interacting Objects

STEM Physics

Problem Sorting Review