Active Learning Teaching Strategies

Note Check – Students swap notes and review. Holes are filled. Questions posed to class.

Explain/Repeat – Student turns to a neighbor and explains a taught concept and then neighbor repeats what was explained to them. Stump your neighbor – Students pose a question to a neighbor about a class topic. Best questions shared with the entire class.

Think-Pair-Share – Students reflect alone, pair up, share something about the topic with the class.

Organized debates – Students divided on controversial academic topics and debate the merits of each side. Instructor can provide brief readings to construct arguments.

Jigsaw procedure – Give students elements and they are responsible for putting them together in a coherent manner.

Problem-based learning – Provided with a problem, students must determine what they need to solve the problem and how they will get that information.

Application

Apply one of the active learning teaching strategies presented to one of your classes.

Discuss with group.