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.

Put Your Theory on Trial

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

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

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Low Stakes Debate

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Gender and Job Inequality

Family HiStories of Migration

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

Reflective Reading on Islam

Students use homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material to generate better class discussion.

Identity Dot Exercise

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Family Feud

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Engineering Ethics

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop