Kathryn Spilios

Bennett Goldberg

Boston University

ACTIVE LEARNING

Active learning is ”anything that involves students doing things and thinking about what they are doing”

Bonwell CC & JA Eison (1991). Active Learning: Creating excitement in the classroom. Washington, DC: The George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development.

Creative Commons

create

evaluate

analyze

apply

understand

remember

ACTIVE LEARNING…• Encourages engagement

• Reinforces concepts and skills

• Provides immediate feedback

• Fosters a community of learners

• Creates personal connections to the materials

• What else?

ACTIVE LEARNING

Critical Thinking• Problem Based

Learning• Inquiry Based Labs

Teamwork• Cooperative Learning• Peer Instruction

ACTIVE LEARNING

Critical Thinking• Problem Based

Learning• Inquiry Based Labs

Teamwork• Cooperative Learning• Peer Instruction

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a teaching approach that challenges students to learn concepts/principles by applying them to real-life problems.

ACTIVE LEARNING

Critical Thinking• Problem Based

Learning• Inquiry Based Labs

Teamwork• Cooperative Learning• Peer Instruction

In inquiry-based labs, students “engage in many of the same activities and thinking processes as scientists.”

ACTIVE LEARNING

Critical Thinking• Problem Based

Learning• Inquiry Based Labs

Teamwork• Cooperative Learning• Peer Instruction

Cooperative learning is “the instructional use of small groups so that students work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning”

ACTIVE LEARNING

Critical Thinking• Problem Based

Learning• Inquiry Based Labs

Teamwork• Cooperative Learning• Peer Instruction