Active Learning Strategies

'Students perform meaningful learning activities and think about what they are doing.' Michael Prince

Introduction to Active Learning

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/active_learning_introduction

Reflect In Writing

Quick Writes That Work

https://threeteacherstalk.com/2017/02/28/quick-writes-that-work/

Writing-to-Learn Activities

http://blog.tesol.org/writing-to-learn-activities/

Post-It Throwdown

Solve It

Three Effective Techniques for Brainstorming Ideas

http://www.edudemic.com/three-techniques-brainstorming/

Relate It

How To Make Learning Relevant To Your Students (And Why It’s Crucial To Their Success)

https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/how-to-make-learning-relevant/

Feel It

How Can Teachers Foster Curiosity?

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/06/04/33shonstrom.h33.html

Generate Questions

Generating Effective Questions

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-classroom-questioning-techniques-todd-finley

Teach It

How Peer Teaching Improves Student Learning and 10 Ways To Encourage It

https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/peer-teaching/

Doodle

8 Ways to Get Started With Doodling in the Classroom

https://www.weareteachers.com/doodling-in-the-classroom/

Control Your Environment

Classroom Environment

https://www.ortingschools.org/cms/lib/WA01919463/Centricity/domain/326/purpose/research/Classroom%20Environment%20article.pdf

Summarizing

Summarizing

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/summarizing

Compare Notes

Student collaborative note-taking during lecture – encourage or discourage?

https://blogs.agu.org/geoedtrek/2016/12/28/collaborative-note-taking/

Self-Assess

Can students learn more by assessing their progress?

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/11/11/students-self-assess-their-way-to-learning.html