One way to get students engaged in learning is by getting them to self-test and generate their own questions.... Read more about Getting Students to Ask Up

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 read an advanced paper at the beginning of a course and compile a list of terms they do not understand. As the course progresses, the instructor defines these terms. At the end of the course, students re-read the initial paper to gain an appreciation of how much they have learned.

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In this midterm review activity, students practice answering multiple choice questions on a wide variety of topics by working in pairs to answer review questions for the midterm.

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In section for MCB 80, "Neurobiology of Behavior," students play a game similar to Family Feud to review material discussed in lecture. 

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In EMR16, for the midterm and the final project, students have the choose of creating a 2 minute video that explains three statistical concepts to a novice.

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To prepare students for an exam, the teacher sets up essay questions on posters around the room for students to review. The movement helps keep energy up at the end of the semester.

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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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