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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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Strategies & Approaches
  • Case Studies 6
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  • Debates 4
  • Reflective Writing 4
  • Inquiry-based Learning 1
  • Flipped Classroom 1
  • Game-Based Instruction & Gamification 13
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  • Toolkit 7
  • Peer Instruction & Think-pair-share 21
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  • Preparation & knowledge activation 24
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Time
  • Brief segment of class period (< 20 mins) 8
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  • Large (100-250) 4
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  • Application & knowledge building
Biochemistry

Exam Preparation

Humanities

Low Stakes Debate

Environmental Science

Instructional Survey

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

Humanities

5 Senses Lab

Languages

Les Ateliers de Creation

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Peer Review

Biochemistry

Problem-based Learning: Research Project

Social Sciences

Urban Planning Project

Physics

Live Demonstrations of Beats and Interference of Sound

Physics

Model Building

Biology Nursing

Case Study: Anophthalmia

Biology Nursing

Case Study: Malignant hyperthermia

Biology Nursing

Case Study: Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

Biology Nursing

Case Study: Discovering the Structure of DNA

Biology Nursing

Call Me By My Organelle

Physics

Circuits: Card Sorting With Multiple Representations (E&M)

Physics

Electrostatics: Card Sorting With Mutiple Representations (E&M)

Social Sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

General

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Social Sciences Applied Arts Health Sciences

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Chemistry

This Field Day of Mine

Social Sciences

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Social Sciences

Gender and Job Inequality

Chemistry

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Languages

Projet Specific: Webzine

Social Sciences

Summative Assessment: My Diagnosis Assignment

Social Sciences

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Languages

Vénus d'Ille: Police Enquiry

Chemistry

The Matching Game

Nursing

The Amazing Ethics Race

Biology

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Photo by Samuel Austin on Unsplash
Biology

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring reactions in photosynthesis

Social Sciences

4 Sociological Perspectives

Chemistry

The Right Tool for the Right Job

Social Sciences

Durkheim Suicide: Functionalist and Conflict Theory

Environmental Science

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

Photo by Luca Laurence on Unsplash
Languages

Rédaction d'un Paragraphe de Texte Expressif

Languages

Three-Tiered Writing

Biology

Mouse Coat Colour

Social Sciences

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

Languages

Homophones Talent Show

Languages

Dictation: Read and Run

Languages

Activité sur les Homophones

History

Let's Role Play the French Revolution!

History

Family HiStories of Migration

Languages

Pratique d’écriture

Biology

Fireweed and Seals, oh my! Mini Cases in Population Ecology

Languages

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

Chemistry

A Self Introduction to Nomenclature in Chemistry

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