1. Take Action! Strategies for Active Learning in the Classroom
Karen E Braley

2. What challenges do you face when implementing active learning in your class?

3. Think Pair Share Ask a thought provoking question
Students write down answers
Students pair up and share thoughts
Responses shared with group

4. Think Pair Share in Geoscience
Image Interpretation
Graph Interpretation
Open-ended questions
Scientific Method- Hypothesis Development

5. Gallery Walk
Small groups of students move around the room answering prompts
Groups can go back through and respond to previous groups comments
Can use number stickers to rank importance
Group discussion and instructor can correct misconceptions

6. How do I ensure the students are prepared for class?

7. Strategies for Pre-Work
Preview Review
A preview assignment that can be brought to class. It can also be an online quiz or assignment.
After the class activity, a review assignment is used to measure learning.
Just in Time in Teaching
An assignment that is completed online within a short time frame before the class begins.
Entry Quizzes
A quiz given at the start of the class period before the activity

8. Jigsaw
Students become an expert in a topic and then combine with peers to work together to solve a problem or complete a task.
Instructor divides topic into team assignments
Each student researches one aspect
Recombine in a group to teach each other and complete a task

9. Jigsaw in Geoscience Google Earth
Members of team analyze various locations such as barrier islands, volcanic cones, and valley glaciers
Plate tectonics
Teams analyze earthquake, volcano, seafloor age and topography maps. Come together to draw plate boundaries.

10. Online Adaptions Think Pair Share
Have students turn in an individual answer about a problem
Pair them up to come up with a team answer and share in a discussion post
Gallery Walk
Have students complete the Gallery Walk in a discussion post format
Jigsaw
Assign students individual tasks and have them work as a group using an online platform. Have them complete a joint assignment.

11. Collaborative Documents
Activities that have students work together in and out of class using online tools.
Use Google Docs to post a review and have students study virtually
Have students create a presentation using an online app.
Have groups of students create Wiki or web pages
Follow-up with students
Complete evaluations of the projects or create a worksheet that requires students to find the answers in their peers projects.

12. Cooperative Exam
Students take part of the exam independently and part of the exam in groups.
Students can compare and discuss the rationale for their answers.
Group exam can make-up a small fraction of the total exam score (15 to 20%)

13. Question 1
Which active learning technique gets students out of their seats and moving?
A. Think pair share
B. Cooperative exam
C. Gallery walk
D. Collaborative documents

14. Question 2 Which of the following is a pre-work strategy?
A. Gallery walk
B. Jigsaw
C. Preview review
D. Cooperative exam

15. ConcepTest Multiple choice that focuses on key concepts
Present a short lecture
Post a concept question or test
Students can answer using clickers, lettered cards, etc.
Students discuss answers with neighbors
Can have students answer the question again
Can discuss the right answer with the class

16. What is your muddiest moment?

17. Minute Paper Daily check in Pose a question
Students respond (may not require a name)
Collect and review
Address responses
Gives students a voice for reflection
Encourages students to think about the class immediately following the lecture/activity

18. Wrapper Self-Monitoring Activity Lecture Wrapper
Start with discussion of active listening
Have students list 3 key concepts of lecture
Collect lists and reveal key points
Research Project Wrapper
Reflection about learning process
Exam Wrapper
Reflection on study technique
Reading Reflection
Main point
What did you find confusing?

19. Discussion