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.

Humanities Social sciences

Students analyze a film or piece of media watched in the course using two concepts: climax and catharsis.

Humanities Social sciences

For instructors planning student group work projects over many weeks or months.

Interdisciplinary

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

Interdisciplinary Languages and Literature

Groups of students orally present a poem six times, focusing on six key aspect of effective oral presentations

STEM Physics Interdisciplinary

This activity helps students improve their quality of reading annotations using platforms like Perusall.

Humanities

Humanities Interdisciplinary