Students compare and contrast different philosophers they have read in the course by locating them a spectrum based on various criteria.

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Students are asked to write down a weird or random fact about themselves on a sticky note and to pass it to the person to their left. Each student is then asked to brainstorm logically possible explanations of the fact he or she has received. Through this activity, students learn to distinguish the best or most likely explanations from all the logically possible ones.

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Students play the role of one of six entities engaged in a partnered military operation with the primary goal of protecting the civilian population under tight time constraints. Students must cooperate with each other to share intelligence that will help meet military objectives and protect civilians, all in line with international law.

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Students learn to construct a persuasive argument by brainstorming multiple ways to structure their final research paper using post-its, large pieces of paper, or whatever other materials students like. They organize and re-arrange primary sources in a low-pressure environment to generate multiple logical flows for their papers.

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This semester-long simulation provides a practical, hands-on experience to help prepare law students for their transition into private practice and the business world.

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This activity pushes students to think about the impact of parental incarceration by engaging them in theoretical readings and model-building.

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A novel yearly course introducing observational skills to dermatology residents, using Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS)

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Students develop skills in critical paper reading by working through a series of active learning exercises. At different stages of the jigsaw activity, students work together to develop an understanding of one piece of the figure, and then teach and learn from each other in a dynamic classroom.... Read more about Paper Figure Jigsaw

Using an interactive quiz as a teaching tool, the teaching team works with small groups of students to solve the quiz.... Read more about Data Systems Interactive Quiz

Students undertake 4 phases of development conducted throughout the term i.e. the executive summary, the business plan, the technical design and finally an implementation plan. Subsequently, they give presentations to the executives (AKA the faculty committee of the program) and turn in their final project plan.... Read more about Business Case Development Practice

A term project that develops sales professionals through analyzing and evaluating the sales management of a particular company.... Read more about Developing Sales Professionals

This activity emphasizes to students that each question is valid and worth more discussion by incorporating each question raised during section.... Read more about All Questions Valid

This instructor leverages field trips to the Boston area to reinforce weekly lectures on the impact of buildings to environmental health.... Read more about Impact of Buildings on Health-Term Activity

This term long group re-design project emphasizes individual and collaborative learning to improve website designs.... Read more about Web Re-design Project

This activity embeds research, problem solving, and presentation skills to expand prior knowledge on big data.... Read more about Navigating Big Data