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Students sort course concepts into categories into an instructor-generated grid.

Promotes: Knowledge integration and synthesis, Learning how to learn

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Please contact your department if you wish to request an active learning classroom for the next academic year, 2025-2026. Your request must be submitted through the SIS by January 12, 2025.

References and resources

  • Active learning spaces: Teaching and learning experiences in active learning classrooms at McGill. McGill University.
  • Ambrose, S.A., Bridges, M.W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M.C., Norman M.K., Foreward by Mayer, R. (2010).  How learning works: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Anderson, L.W., Krathwohl, D. (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching and assessing: A revision of bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives. New York: Longman. Barkley, E., & Major, C. (n.d.). The K. Patricia Cross Academy. Retrieved Dec 6, 2022, from https://kpcrossacademy.org/.
  • Barkley, E. F., Cross, K. P., & Major, C. H. (2014). Collaborative learning techniques: A handbook for college faculty. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Barkley, E. F. (2009). Student engagement techniques: A handbook for college faculty. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Barkley, E.F. (2010). Student engagement techniques: A handbook for college faculty. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Biggs, J. (1999).Teaching for Quality Learning at University.SHRE and Open University Press
  • Bloom, B.S., Engelhart, M.D., Furst, E.J., Hill, W.H., Krathwohl, D.R. (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives. The classification of educational goals. Handbook 1: Cognitive domain. New York: David McKay Company, Inc.   
  • Bunce, D. M., Flens, E. A., & Neiles, K. Y. (2010). How Long Can Students Pay Attention in Class? A Study of Student Attention Decline Using Clickers. Journal of Chemical Education, 87, 1438-1443. 
  • Casale-Giannola, D., Schwarts Green, L. (2012). 41 active learning strategies for the inclusive classroom. London: Sage Publications.
  • Doyle, T. (2011). Foreward. T. Zakrajsek. Learner-centered teaching: Putting the research on learning into practice. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing.
  • Freeman, S., Eddy, S.L., McDonough, M., Smith, M.K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., Wenderoth, M.P.  Alberts, B. (ed.). (2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (23), 8410-8415; first published on May May 12, 2014; doi: 10.1073/pnas.1319030111
  • Jubain, Lin. “Using Collaborative Note-Taking to Promote an Inclusive Learning Environment.” UGuelph Office of Teaching and Learning, 2020.
  • Loadman, N. (2016, Jul 10). Punctuated Lectures: Classroom Assessment Technique. YouTube. Retrieved Dec 6, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AttIxRWxYF4.   
  • Nash, R. (2009). The active classroom: Practical strategies for involving students in the learning process. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
  • Nash, R. (2012).  From seatwork to feetwork: Engaging students in their own learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
  • Silberman, M. (1996). Active Learning: 101 strategies to teach any subject. Needham Heights, Mass: Simon & Shuster Co.  
  • Small G., Vorgan, G. (2008). iBrain: surviving the technological alteration of the modern mind. New York: HarperCollins.
  • Twilight of the Lecture. Harvard Magazine.
  • What is active learning? University of Minnesota, Center for Teaching and Learning.
  • Why do active learning? Queen’s University.
  • University of Toronto Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation. (n.d.). Active Learning and Adapting Teaching Techniques. Retrieved Dec 6, 2022, from https://tatp.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/Active-Learning-and-Adapting-Teaching-Techniques1.pdf.
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