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Active Learning Resources

Teaching Practice: Tips, Tricks, and Guides

Active Learning Strategies to Use in a Flexible Learning Space (CFE)

Barkley, Elizabeth F. (2005). Collaborative learning techniques: a handbook for college faculty. Jossey-Bass. San Francisco, CA.

Fine-Tuning Think-Pair-Share

Group Work in the Classroom: Types of Small Groups

Guidelines for Using Groups Effectively: University of Michigan

Interactive Techniques for Lecture: University of South Florida

Just-in-Time-Teaching: Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching

Lang, James M. (2016). Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning. Jossey-Bass. San Francisco, CA 

What is Gallery Walk?

Definitions of Key Terms

Classroom Management Guides

Teaching in Classrooms with Tablet-arm Chairs on Casters
Teaching in Classrooms with Swivel Seats
Teaching in Classrooms with Fixed Tables
Teaching in Classrooms with Moveable Tables 

Theory and Evidence: Books and other Scholarly Literature

Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M., Smith, M. K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., & Wenderoth, M. P. (2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(23), 8410–8415. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319030111

Henshaw, R.G., and Reubens, A. (2014). Evaluating design enhancements to the tablet arm chair in language instruction classes. Journal of Learning Spaces, 2(2). http://libjournal.uncg.edu/index.php/jls/article/view/574/504

International Society for Technology in Education

Laal, M., & Ghodsi, S. M. (2012). Benefits of collaborative learning. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 31(2011), 486–490.

Prince, M. (2004). Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3), 223-231.

Active Learning Classrooms: What We Know