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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 2
  • Environmental Science 1
  • Interdisciplinary 1
  • Languages 1
  • Social Sciences 6
    • Humanities 3
  • STEM 37
    • Biochemistry 1
    • Biology 22
    • Chemistry 3
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    • Health Science 1
    • Mathematics 1
    • Physics 7
Instructional Level
  • College & CEGEP 40
  • University 22
Strategies & Approaches
  • Jigsaw 3
  • Peer Instruction & Think-pair-share 16
  • Distributed Problem Solving 3
  • Peer Assessment 5
  • Two-Stage Exam 4
  • Toolkit 2
  • Gallery Walk 5
  • Concept Mapping 2
  • Project-based Instruction 1
  • One Minute Paper 1
  • Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) 1
Instructional Purpose
  • Assessment & knowledge refinement 46
  • Consolidation & metacognition 35
  • Exploration & inquiry 20
  • Preparation & knowledge activation 29
  • Application & knowledge building 138
Time
  • Brief segment of class period (< 20 mins) 2
  • Single class period (< 90 mins) 33
  • Multiple class periods (2-3 classes) 6
  • Part of a semester (4-6 weeks) 2
  • Semester long 3
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Can I Use the Internet?

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Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

STEM Biochemistry

Exam Preparation

Humanities

5 Senses Lab

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Peer Review

Social Sciences

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

STEM Biology

Mouse Coat Colour

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 Biology

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

STEM Biology

AR'e You Talking to Me? Mini Case Study in Cell Signalling

STEM Biology

Now you see me, now you don't: Fluorescent tagging membranes

STEM Biology

Cytoskeletal Proteins in Amoeba

STEM Biology

What numbers tell us about enzyme inhibition

STEM Biology

PCR CAG HUNTING'ton

Photo by Samuel Austin on Unsplash
STEM Biology

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

STEM Biology

From "yum" to "yuk": a case in point… mutation

STEM Biology

It's all hormonal: A class activity on Cushing's Syndrome

STEM Biology

Brazil Nut Tree

Genome Research Limited
STEM Biology

The genetics of PTC sensitivity and tongue rolling

STEM Biology

Cloning of the Human Insulin Gene

STEM Mathematics

Two stage calculus quiz

STEM Chemistry

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Social Sciences

Museum Tour

STEM Chemistry

Do You Know Your Stereochemistry?

STEM Biology

How to Read a Research Article

Environmental Science

Geography Video Test

STEM Physics

Engineering Physics IF-AT

STEM Biology

Does X Associate with Y?

Applied Arts

Time Ripple

Applied Arts

The Ideal Classroom

STEM Engineering

Engineering Poster Presentations with Peer Assessment

STEM Engineering

Piece of paper question

STEM Physics

Dark Lords IF-AT

STEM Biology

Biological Molecules

STEM Biology

Phylogeny

STEM Physics

Kinematics Concept Mapping

STEM Physics

Battleship Clicker Questions

STEM Biology

Genetics: Patterns of Inheritance

STEM Biology

Nucleic Acids

STEM Chemistry

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

STEM Physics

Interacting Objects

STEM Physics

Newton's Third Law

STEM Physics

Momentum Photoproject

STEM Health Science

Muscle Videos

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