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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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19 Activities

Discipline
  • Applied Arts 1
  • History 1
  • Languages 3
  • Social Sciences 3
  • STEM 11
    • Biology 8
    • Chemistry 1
    • Health Science 2
    • Physics 1
Instructional Level
  • College & CEGEP 19
  • University 4
Strategies & Approaches
  • Peer Instruction & Think-pair-share 2
  • Two-Stage Exam 1
  • Reflective Writing 2
  • Problem-Based Learning 2
  • Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) 1
  • Case Studies 1
  • Flipped Classroom 1
  • Game-Based Instruction & Gamification 3
  • Jigsaw 3
  • Peer Assessment 1
  • Gallery Walk 1
  • Snowball 1
Instructional Purpose
  • Preparation & knowledge activation 19
  • Application & knowledge building 96
  • Consolidation & metacognition 24
  • Assessment & knowledge refinement 36
  • Exploration & inquiry 15
Time
  • Single class period (< 90 mins) 19
  • Semester long 0
  • Brief segment of class period (< 20 mins) 3
  • Multiple class periods (2-3 classes) 4
  • Part of a semester (4-6 weeks) 3
Class Size
  • Very small (< 20) 0
  • Small (20-49) 13
  • Medium (50-99) 0
  • Large (100-250) 0
  • Very Large (>250) 0

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  • Preparation & knowledge activation
  • Single class period (< 90 mins)
  • Semester long
Biology Chemistry

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

STEM Physics

Controversy in the Science Classroom: Nature of Science Quiz

STEM Biology

Don't go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

STEM Biology

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

STEM Health Science

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Languages

Vénus d'Ille: Police Enquiry

STEM Biology

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Social Sciences

Durkheim Suicide: Functionalist and Conflict Theory

History

Let's Role Play the French Revolution!

Photo by Matt Hardy on Unsplash
STEM Biology

Disappearing Sea Otters

Languages

Rhetorical Strategies

Languages

Projects on Junot Diaz: "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"

Social Sciences

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw

Social Sciences

Why Health & Safety is Essential to Recreation Leadership

STEM Biology

Darwin's Finches: Natural Selection

STEM Biology

How to Read a Research Article

Applied Arts

National Building Code Jeopardy

STEM Biology

Cycles of Matter

STEM Health Science

Muscle Snowballs

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