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 Social sciences

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Teams explore Gardner's Theory, present one component, summarize presentation content, and conduct a self-assessment.

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.

Interdisciplinary Languages and Literature

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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More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Love at First Insight: Crafting Dating Profiles for Therapeutic Techniques

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

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Projet Specific: Webzine

Dictation: Read and Run

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Rhetorical Strategies

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

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Kinematics Concept Mapping

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Lenz’s Law

Home Wiring

Photo Concept Maps: Parts 1, 2 & 3