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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Social sciences Humanities

Put Your Theory on Trial

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

Elementary school science teacher in biology class
Interdisciplinary

Snowball Starter: Goals of Science Education

In this activity, the snowball strategy links students' prior beliefs to a deeper inquiry of science education goals.

Health science

COPD Pathophysiology: Construct One Patient Description

Create a clinical presentation for a COPD patient, linked to pathophysiology & differentiated from other COPD conditions

STEM Physics

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

STEM Physics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

Social sciences

4 Sociological Perspectives: Working with Theoretical Frameworks

Social sciences

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

Languages and Literature

Pratique d’écriture

STEM Mathematics

Two Stage Calculus Quiz

STEM Mathematics

Sketching the graph of a curve

Social sciences

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

STEM Chemistry

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

STEM Chemistry

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

Applied arts

Concept Map: Furniture Design Time Ripple

STEM Biology

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

STEM Physics

Dark Lords IF-AT

STEM Physics

Kinematics Concept Mapping

STEM Chemistry

Limestone Rescue

STEM Chemistry

Explosives Detective

STEM Health science

Muscle Videos

STEM Physics

Interacting Objects

STEM Health science

Muscle Snowballs

STEM Physics

Problem Sorting Review