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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Psychology

Sensation and Perception Lab

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

Psychology Social sciences

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.

Health science Interdisciplinary

Cross-Disciplinary Synergy 101: Uniting Expertise for Success

In teams, students interact, share information on their profession, and create cases where each discipline is needed

Interdisciplinary Languages

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

Humanities Interdisciplinary

Peer Review

Chemistry STEM

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Languages

Projet Specific: Webzine

Biology Chemistry Engineering STEM

Building Effective Teams

Languages

Dictation: Read and Run

Chemistry STEM

If You’re Not Part of the Solution You’re Part of the Precipitate

Languages

Bringing Context to Life: Annotating Research for Reading Novels

Languages

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

Languages

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

Languages

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

General

Race for the Hat!

Chemistry STEM

Elemental Superhero

Chemistry STEM

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution