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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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Discipline
  • Engineering 9
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  • Social Sciences 28
  • Applied Arts 6
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  • Mathematics 3
  • History 3
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  • General 4
  • Interdisciplinary 1
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  • Humanities 5
  • Biochemistry 3
Instructional Level
  • College & CEGEP 20
  • University 10
  • Higher Ed 0
  • Other 0
Strategies & Approaches
  • Jigsaw 4
  • Project-based Instruction 1
  • Problem-Based Learning 1
  • Case Studies 1
  • Debates 1
  • Reflective Writing 3
  • Inquiry-based Learning 1
  • Flipped Classroom 1
  • Toolkit 2
  • Peer Instruction & Think-pair-share 4
  • Peer Assessment 1
  • Game-Based Instruction & Gamification 2
  • Concept Mapping 1
  • Gallery Walk 1
Instructional Purpose
  • Preparation & knowledge activation 4
  • Application & knowledge building 23
  • Consolidation & metacognition 7
  • Assessment & knowledge refinement 6
  • Exploration & inquiry 1
Time
  • Brief segment of class period (< 20 mins) 2
  • Single class period (< 90 mins) 19
  • Multiple class periods (2-3 classes) 2
  • Part of a semester (4-6 weeks) 3
  • Semester long 2
Class Size
  • Very small (< 20) 0
  • Small (20-49) 19
  • Medium (50-99) 1
  • Large (100-250) 1
  • Very Large (>250) 0

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Low Stakes Debate

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Categorizing for Review

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5 Senses Lab

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Peer Review

Social Sciences

Urban Planning Project

Social Sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Social Sciences Applied Arts Health Sciences

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Social Sciences

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Social Sciences

Gender and Job Inequality

Social Sciences

Summative Assessment: My Diagnosis Assignment

Social Sciences

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Social Sciences

4 Sociological Perspectives

Social Sciences

Durkheim Suicide: Functionalist and Conflict Theory

Social Sciences

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

Social Sciences

Identity Dot Exercise

Social Sciences

Action-Learning Sets

Social Sciences

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

Social Sciences

Managing Major Weather Hazards in Recreation

Social Sciences

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

Social Sciences

Who am I: (Mis)conceptions of Self

Social Sciences

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Social Sciences

Family Feud

Social Sciences

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

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Defining a Definition

Social Sciences

Museum Tour

Social Sciences

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

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