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Refreshers

This activity gets students in an active frame of mind at the start of section.

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Roses and Thorns Feedback

Students provided feedback on the highlights of lecture (Roses) and confusing concepts (Thorns) through a weekly online form, providing students with time for reflection and instructors with the ability to address areas of confusion.

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Section Exit Poll

In his sections, David Weimer does a weekly "exit poll" where students use the same piece of paper throughout the term to record thoughts at the end of section.

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Section Presentations

In the 2008 offering of Math 154, Professor Paul Bamberg had small weekly sections where students prepared problems from the textbook in advance, which they presented for each other.

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Tossing Clementines

In order to get students to participate in lecture, Pardis Sabeti throws clementines to anyone who answers a question correctly or incorrectly.

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Weekly Original Thoughts

Every week before class, students are encouraged to email the instructor a question and idea related to the current topic.

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