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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 5
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  • Interdisciplinary 1
  • Languages 15
  • Social Sciences 23
    • Humanities 5
  • STEM 88
    • Biochemistry 2
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    • Mathematics 1
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Instructional Level
  • College & CEGEP 111
  • University 61
Strategies & Approaches
  • Peer Instruction & Think-pair-share 23
  • One Minute Paper 1
  • Project-based Instruction 3
  • Problem-Based Learning 5
  • Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) 1
  • Case Studies 7
  • Flipped Classroom 2
  • Jigsaw 12
  • Debates 4
  • Reflective Writing 4
  • Inquiry-based Learning 1
  • Game-Based Instruction & Gamification 13
  • Peer Assessment 12
  • Toolkit 7
  • Distributed Problem Solving 5
  • Gallery Walk 8
  • Concept Mapping 3
  • Snowball 1
Instructional Purpose
  • Application & knowledge building 138
  • Preparation & knowledge activation 29
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  • Assessment & knowledge refinement 46
  • Exploration & inquiry 20
Time
  • Brief segment of class period (< 20 mins) 10
  • Single class period (< 90 mins) 92
  • Multiple class periods (2-3 classes) 19
  • Part of a semester (4-6 weeks) 13
  • Semester long 4
Class Size
  • Very small (< 20) 2
  • Small (20-49) 85
  • Medium (50-99) 12
  • Large (100-250) 6
  • Very Large (>250) 1

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  • Application & knowledge building
Biology Chemistry

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

STEM Physics

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

STEM Biology

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

STEM Biology

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Social Sciences Humanities

Can I Use the Internet?

STEM Physics

Physics Worksheet Based Activity

STEM Physics

Physics Peer Instruction

STEM 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

STEM Biochemistry

Problem-based Learning: Research Project

Social Sciences

Urban Planning Project

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

General

Yeas and Nays: Using Smartphones for Gathering Data

Social Sciences Applied Arts STEM Health Science

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!

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

STEM Chemistry

The Matching Game

STEM Health Science

The Amazing Ethics Race

STEM Biology

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard

Photo by Samuel Austin on Unsplash
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

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

STEM Biology

Mouse Coat Colour

Social Sciences

The Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development

Languages

Homophones Talent Show

Languages

Dictation: Read and Run

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