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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
  • Peer Instruction & Think-pair-share 23
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  • Two-Stage Exam 4
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  • Problem-Based Learning 5
  • Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) 2
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  • Game-Based Instruction & Gamification 12
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  • Toolkit 6
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  • Assessment & knowledge refinement 33
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  • Preparation & knowledge activation 19
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Time
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  • Brief segment of class period (< 20 mins) 16
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  • Single class period (< 90 mins)
Biology Chemistry

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

STEM Physics

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

STEM Physics

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

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

Humanities

Low Stakes Debate

Humanities

Categorizing for Review

STEM Chemistry

CLAW At-Home Experiment: Crystallization of Borax

STEM Chemistry

CLAW At-Home Experiment: Organic Chemistry Introduction to Solubility

Languages

Connotation Exercise: Interview and Presentation

Languages

Visual Interpretation of “The Story of an Hour”

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

Health Science Social Sciences Applied Arts STEM

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Social Sciences

Schools of Thought in Psychology

STEM Chemistry

Name that Molecule! / Nommez cette Molécule!

Languages

Projet Specific: Webzine

STEM Health Science

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Languages

Vénus d'Ille: Police Enquiry

STEM Chemistry

The Matching Game

STEM Health Science

The Amazing Ethics Race

STEM Biology

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

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STEM Biology

“Light, Camera, Action” Starring reactions in photosynthesis

Social Sciences

4 Sociological Perspectives

STEM Chemistry

The Right Tool for the Right Job

Social Sciences

Durkheim Suicide: Functionalist and Conflict Theory

Social Sciences

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

Languages

Dictation: Read and Run

History

Let's Role Play the French Revolution!

History

Reflective Reading on Islam

Languages

Pratique d’écriture

STEM Biology

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

STEM Biology

Let There Be Light! ATP and Cellular Respiration

STEM Chemistry

If You're Not Part of the Solution You're Part of the Precipitate

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