Center for Teaching & Learning Active Learning

Active learning instructional strategies include a wide range of activities that share the common element of  'involving students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing' (Bonwell & Eison 1991).”
—Jim Eison in Using Active Learning Instructional Strategies to Create Excitement and Enhance Learning

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• Active Learning Cheat Sheet: 10 Steps to Getting Started, a Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching resource.
• Classroom Assessment Techniques, an excerpt of selected CATs for getting feedback on student learning from Angelo & Cross.
• Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers. Angelo, T.A., & Cross, K.P. (1993). (2nd ed.). Jossey-Bass.
• Does Active Learning Really Work? A Review of the Research. Prince, M. (2004). Journal of Engineering Education. 93(3). 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00809.x
• Fostering Student Learning through the Use of Debates. Trujillo-Jenks, L. & Rosen, L. (2015). Faculty Focus.
• How Can You Incorporate Active learning into Your Classroom?, a University of California Davis resource.
• The Learning Brain: Lessons for Education. Blakemore, S., & Firth, U. (2005). Wiley-Blackwell.
• Tools for Teaching. Davis, B.G. (2009). (2nd ed.). Jossey-Bass.
• Using Active Learning Instructional Strategies to Create Excitement and Enhance Learning. Eison, J. (2010, March). University of South Florida.
• Using Feedback to Improve Learning. Ruiz-Primo, M.A., & Brookhart, S. (2017). Routledge.