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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
  • Applied Arts 1
  • Environmental Science 2
  • General 1
  • History 1
  • Languages 6
  • Social Sciences 4
  • STEM 15
    • Biochemistry 1
    • Biology 8
    • Chemistry 1
    • Health Science 2
    • Mathematics 1
    • Physics 3
Instructional Level
  • College & CEGEP 26
  • University 8
Strategies & Approaches
  • Peer Instruction & Think-pair-share 2
  • Two-Stage Exam 1
  • Reflective Writing 3
  • Problem-Based Learning 2
  • Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) 1
  • Case Studies 2
  • Flipped Classroom 1
  • Game-Based Instruction & Gamification 4
  • Jigsaw 3
  • Peer Assessment 1
  • Gallery Walk 1
  • Snowball 1
Instructional Purpose
  • Preparation & knowledge activation 29
  • Application & knowledge building 138
  • Consolidation & metacognition 35
  • Assessment & knowledge refinement 46
  • Exploration & inquiry 20
Time
  • Brief segment of class period (< 20 mins) 3
  • Single class period (< 90 mins) 19
  • Multiple class periods (2-3 classes) 4
  • Part of a semester (4-6 weeks) 3
  • Semester long 0
Class Size
  • Very small (< 20) 0
  • Small (20-49) 18
  • Medium (50-99) 0
  • Large (100-250) 1
  • Very Large (>250) 1

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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 Physics

Preparation for Future Learning: Electric Flux

STEM Mathematics

An Abundance of Bells

STEM Biochemistry

Blended Learning

General STEM Physics

How to Write Reading Annotations

Environmental Science

Instructional Survey

STEM Health Science

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Social Sciences

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Languages

Vénus d'Ille: Police Enquiry

STEM Biology

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

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

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

Languages

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

Languages

Short Stories and Social Realism: Building an Essay Toolkit

Applied Arts

National Building Code Jeopardy

STEM Biology

Cycles of Matter

STEM Health Science

Muscle Snowballs

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