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Active Learning Resources

 

LAMP Active Learning Resources: 

Active Learning Outcomes

Active Learning Spectrum

Instructional Videos (LAMP Lite Bytes)

Rubrics for Assessment

 

 

Further reading: Pivotal literature and resources on Active Learning in STEM

 

Why we are teaching science wrong, and how to make it right
http://www.nature.com/news/why-we-are-teaching-science-wrong-and-how-to-make-it-right-1.17963
 
Scientific Teaching
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/304/5670/521/tab-pdf
 
Changing the Culture of Science Education at Research Universities
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/331/6014/152/tab-pdf
 
Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/23/8410.short
 
Increasing Persistence of College Students in STEM
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/341/6153/1455/tab-pdf
 
Summer Institute to Improve University Science Teaching
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/324/5926/470/tab-pdf
 
AAAS Vision and Change
http://visionandchange.org 
 
NAS Barriers and Opportunities for 2-Year and 4-Year STEM Degrees
https://www.nap.edu/read/21739/chapter/1
 
Increased Structure and Active Learning Reduce the Achievement Gap in Introductory Biology
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/332/6034/1213/tab-pdf
 
Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (Indiana University Bloomington)
https://citl.indiana.edu/teaching-resources/teaching-strategies/active-learning-classrooms/
 
Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/tools/alphasearch.aspx
 
Cornell Active Learning Resources
https://teaching.cornell.edu/teaching-resources/engaging-students/active-learning
 
Stanford Teaching Commons (Promoting Active Learning)
https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/resources/learning-resources/promoting-active-learning 
 
Problem-based Learning
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02505024?LI=true
 
Systems Theory Service Learning
http://www.jstor.org/stable/43631581?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents 

 
Contact Us

UW Science Initiative

SIB Rm 2030

Department 4325, 1000 E. University

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307-766-4415

Email: SI@uwyo.edu

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