Active learning disrupts this all-too-familiar pattern by inviting students to engage with course material in real-time. Like any disruption, the shift from passive to active engagement can engender ...

Further, many higher order cognitive skills such as analyzing, evaluating, and creating require students to practice doing something, and only by actively working with content will students begin to ...

In Fall 2021, several faculty members came together throughout the semester to discuss how we can facilitate more active learning in large (greater than 35 students) courses. In our initial discussion ...

Explore the distinctions between active and passive avoidance learning in mice, two fundamental methods used in behavioral ...

Active learning is generally defined as any instructional method that engages students in the learning process. In short, active learning requires students to do meaningful learning activities and ...

What is considered an Active Learning Strategy? An active learning strategy is any type of activity during class (face-to-face, online, or outside of class) that engages learners in deep thought about ...

Think-pair-share (TPS) is the black dress of active learning: a highly flexible tool that can take as little or as much time as needed, and serve a number of pedagogical purposes including ...

There are many active learning modalities informed by different teaching and learning traditions. We envision these modalities on a spectrum. This spectrum can be rearranged depending on the quality ...

Active Learning Classrooms (ALC) are student-centered spaces that support engagement, group collaborations and instructor-student interaction. The technology and seating arrangements in these rooms is ...

If you are interested in talking about active learning and how to incorporate it into your classroom, please reach out to us at ctl@brandeis.edu! We’d love to help you consider how to do so! We know ...

Active Learning has been referred to as many things, including “project-based learning” and “flipped classes.” The fundamental premise of active learning is the replacement of passive class time with ...

Gallery Walk: Student groups respond to given prompts (on large post-its or on the boards), discussing, writing responses and rotating to each prompt. Returning to the initial prompt, students ...