Active Learning Activities

Peer Review for Beginners

This peer-review activity for English 101 aims to help students improve their essays, but also to develop evaluation skills.

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.

Learning in Everyday Life

In this integrative assignment, students analyze their everyday activities through the lens of various learning theories.

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Students map key movements in Architecture and Design alongside social, political, artistic, economic, and tech milestones.

Mechanics in Motion: Iterative GIF Creation

In groups, students create GIFs to demonstrate and explain how mechanic principles apply in real-life scenarios.

Mock Data Collection and Role Play for Health Disciplines In-Lab Practice

Students play the role of a client in a simulated clinical intervention to provide a more authentic context for lab practice

Physics Worksheet Based Activity

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Exam Preparation using Case Studies

The aim of this activity is to apply course materials to real-world problems using Case Studies.

5 Senses Lab

Peer Review, Assessment & Feedback

Two Stage Quiz

This activity gives the students the opportunity to talk about the concepts seen in class and to discuss with their peers.

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Gender and Job Inequality

Building Effective Teams

Homophones Talent Show

Family HiStories of Migration

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

The Index of Hydrogen Deficiency

Cytoskeletal Proteins in Amoeba

Biomimicry Pin-ups

Stereochemistry Activity

Peer Review Calibration and Constructive Feedback Workshop

This activity's goal is to familiarize students with the peer review process and teach them how to accept peer criticism.

Engineering Physics IF-AT