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In Soc 43: Social Interaction, students design and act out interactional scenes to help them understand the concepts learned that week. Generally the students are divided into pairs or groups of three for these acting "games," which vary from week to week...

In Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology 180, students present scientific papers in groups throughout the semester. At the beginning of the term, the teaching fellows (TFs) provide a handout on good student presentations. See attachment below . Then the TFs...

In gen ed course "First Nights," students invent their own chords and rhythms based on Stravinski's "Rite of Spring" in order to to better describe the way in which the piece was composed by experiencing that composition themselves. Before the activity, t...

In History of Science course "Brainwashing and Modern Techniques of Mind Control," students participate in a role play to debate the legality of torture and other types of coercive interrogation. One of the graduate student teaching fellows sends out the...

How did race, gender, employment, and other characteristics condition people's responses to revolutionary activities during the American Revolution? In this activity, students take on different personas and consider whether they would support a boycott of...

After reading all the novels, students split into groups and "pitch" their favorite novel to the instructor who plays the role of a publisher. Before the activity, students should have read all the novels and chosen a favorite. They divide into groups...