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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
  • History 1
  • Social Sciences 4
  • STEM 24
    • Biology 15
    • Chemistry 1
    • Engineering 2
    • Health Science 1
    • Physics 6
Instructional Level
  • College & CEGEP 25
  • University 11
Strategies & Approaches
  • Peer Instruction & Think-pair-share 29
  • Concept Mapping 6
  • One Minute Paper 2
  • Project-based Instruction 4
  • Two-Stage Exam 6
  • Reflective Writing 10
  • Problem-Based Learning 5
  • Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) 2
  • Case Studies 9
  • Flipped Classroom 2
  • Jigsaw 13
  • Inquiry-based Learning 9
  • Debates 4
  • Game-Based Instruction & Gamification 14
  • Peer Assessment 14
  • Toolkit 8
  • Distributed Problem Solving 5
  • Gallery Walk 9
  • Snowball 1
Instructional Purpose
  • Application & knowledge building 23
  • Consolidation & metacognition 5
  • Assessment & knowledge refinement 16
  • Exploration & inquiry 0
  • Preparation & knowledge activation 2
Time
  • Brief segment of class period (< 20 mins) 1
  • Single class period (< 90 mins) 23
  • Multiple class periods (2-3 classes) 4
  • Part of a semester (4-6 weeks) 1
  • Semester long 0
Class Size
  • Very small (< 20) 0
  • Small (20-49) 17
  • Medium (50-99) 3
  • Large (100-250) 1
  • Very Large (>250) 0

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  • Peer Instruction & Think-pair-share
Chemistry Biology

To Pass or Not to Pass: Acting out membrane transport

Physics STEM

Card Sorting Activities for Mechanics

Physics STEM

Physics Peer Instruction

Engineering STEM

Interrupted Case Study in Material Engineering

Health Science STEM

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Biology STEM

Mouse Coat Colour

History

Family HiStories of Migration

Biology STEM

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

Biology STEM

The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation

Biology STEM

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

Biology STEM

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

Biology STEM

What numbers tell us about enzyme inhibition

Biology STEM

PCR CAG HUNTING'ton

Photo by Samuel Austin on Unsplash
Biology STEM

Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions

Biology STEM

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

Biology STEM

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

Genome Research Limited
Biology STEM

The genetics of PTC sensitivity and tongue rolling

Biology STEM

Cloning of the Human Insulin Gene

Social Sciences

Identity Dot Exercise

Physics STEM

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

Social Sciences

Holding Your Seat: A Mindfulness Exercise

Social Sciences

Teacher for a Day: Defining a Definition

Social Sciences

Presentation skills: Conveying emotion

Engineering STEM

Problem Set Using Lightboard Video Recordings

Biology STEM

Biological Molecules

Biology STEM

Phylogeny

Physics STEM

Battleship Clicker Questions

Physics STEM

Problem Sorting

Physics STEM

Momentum Photoproject

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