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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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  • Applied Arts 6
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  • STEM 121
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Instructional Level
  • College & CEGEP 150
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Strategies & Approaches
  • Jigsaw 13
  • Concept Mapping 6
  • Peer Instruction & Think-pair-share 27
  • Case Studies 8
  • Two-Stage Exam 5
  • Inquiry-based Learning 9
  • Project-based Instruction 3
  • Problem-Based Learning 3
  • Debates 4
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  • Flipped Classroom 1
  • Game-Based Instruction & Gamification 14
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  • Toolkit 8
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  • Exploration & inquiry 20
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Time
  • Brief segment of class period (< 20 mins) 17
  • Single class period (< 90 mins) 122
  • Multiple class periods (2-3 classes) 25
  • Part of a semester (4-6 weeks) 14
  • Semester long 6
Class Size
  • Very small (< 20) 3
  • Small (20-49) 107
  • Medium (50-99) 24
  • Large (100-250) 9
  • Very Large (>250) 4
Social Sciences Humanities

Can I Use the Internet?

General

Worksheets for Scaffolding Learning

STEM Physics

Card sorting activities for Mechanics

STEM Physics

Physics Worksheet Based Activity

STEM Physics

Physics Peer Instruction

STEM Physics

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

STEM Mathematics

An Abundance of Bells

STEM Biochemistry

Exam Preparation

Social Sciences STEM Biology

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

STEM Biochemistry

Blended Learning

Humanities

Low Stakes Debate

General STEM Physics

How to Write Reading Annotations

Environmental Science

Instructional Survey

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

Humanities

5 Senses Lab

Languages

Les Ateliers de Creation

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Peer Review

STEM Physics

Two Stage Quiz

STEM Biochemistry

Problem-based Learning: Research Project

STEM Chemistry

CLAW At-Home Experiment: Crystallization of Borax

STEM Chemistry

CLAW At-Home Experiment: Organic Chemistry Introduction to Solubility

Languages

Collection d’Articles

Languages

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Languages

Visual Interpretation of “The Story of an Hour”

Languages General

Who are We? Class Demographics

STEM Engineering

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Social Sciences

Urban Planning Project

STEM Physics

Group Problem Solving with Show and Tell

STEM Physics

Live Demonstrations of Beats and Interference of Sound

STEM Physics

Model Building

STEM Biology Health Science

Case Study: Anophthalmia

STEM Biology Health Science

Case Study: Malignant hyperthermia

STEM Biology Health Science

Case Study: Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

STEM Biology Health Science

Case Study: Discovering the Structure of DNA

STEM Biology Health Science

Call Me By My Organelle

STEM Physics

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

STEM Physics

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

Social Sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

STEM Chemistry

CLAW At-Home Experiment: Spectrophotometry using Gatorade

STEM Chemistry

CLAW At-Home Experiment: Volumetric Analysis of Household Acid with Cabbage Juice

STEM Chemistry

CLAW At-Home Experiment: Paper Chromatography of Food Dyes and Ink

STEM Chemistry

CLAW At-Home Experiment: Colligative Properties

STEM Chemistry

CLAW At-Home Experiment: Activation Energy in Chemical Kinetics

STEM Chemistry

CLAW At-Home Experiment: The Rate Law in Chemical Kinetics Using Blue Dye

General

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

STEM Health Science Social Sciences Applied Arts

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

STEM Chemistry

This Field Day of Mine

Social Sciences

Schools of Thought in Psychology

Social Sciences

Gender and Job Inequality

STEM Chemistry

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

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