Active Learning

 What is Active Learning?

Active learning is an approach to instruction that involves actively engaging students with the course material through discussions, problem solving, case studies, role plays and other methods. Active learning approaches place a greater degree of responsibility on the learner than passive approaches such as lectures, but instructor guidance is still crucial in the active learning classroom. Active learning activities may range in length from a couple of minutes to whole class sessions or may take place over multiple class sessions.

Active learning activities can be used to:

Active Learning in Practice: Think Pair Share

Planning an active learning activity is limited only by your imagination. See how two active learning activities can be easily modified to a range of class contexts.

THINK

Students think independently about the question that has been posed.

Give students enough time to form an idea or answer.

PAIR

Students are grouped in pairs to discuss their thoughts.

This step allows students to articulate their ideas and consider other perspectives.

SHARE

Student pairs will share their ideas with a larger group.

Students are more comfortable presenting ideas to a group with the support of a partner.

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• Avoid asking simple/recall type questions: this activity works best when students are challenged to think through a more complex or complicated idea.
• The benefits of the 3 step process are two-fold: first, students are generally more comfortable presenting ideas to a group with the support of a partner; second, students’ ideas have become more refined through this three-step process.

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