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Is it possible to teach organizational behavior in a classroom? See how this instructor accomplishes this. Goal: The purpose of the XB group project was to demonstrate the challenges of an organization in a controlled environment. Background: Students...

This activity makes use of a mad lib game to reinforce logical computation steps that are crucial in formal semantics. Goal: To help students practice definitions and computation steps in a fun, interactive setting. Background: This in-class activity was...

Students take part in a three day simulation of a cold war-era international crisis to experience the challenges of nuclear weapons decision-making and better understand the history of the Cold War. Goals: To give students a better appreciation for four...

In this class simulation of a crisis event, students role play as different actors of the US government. They have to collaborate with different actors to formulate an optimal response strategy that is made public in a press conference. Goals: (1) Learn...

Students simulate the Vienna Convention of 1985 to gain a visceral experience of political negotiations. Goals: (1) Students will have the opportunity to apply and reinforce their knowledge in an experiential setting. (2) Students will gain a better...

This activity was made by John Huth for his Primitive Navigation class, so his students will have practical experience working with primitive navigation tools through this experiment. This activity will help students understand navigational stars. Using a...

For the STAT104 first class of the semester, Lecturer Michael Parzen throws an inflatable globe of the world into the class audience to get the class excited about learning future topics of experimentation, randomness, and estimation. Parzen begins every...

This activity created was by Benjamin Schneer, a graduate teaching fellow for GOV30, to help students understand methods in public opinion polling. Schneer provided a dilemma for students to resolve using information about public opinion polling found in...

For one activity used in SW24: Global Health Challenges, students participate in a simulation of groups proposing grants to a funding agency to deal with a humanitarian crisis. Before the activity, students are expected to have completed the assigned...

In Syon Bhanot's section of Ec 10, students play a game to understand comparative advantage and the benefits of trade. The instructor splits the students into two groups, each of which represents a different country. The groups receive information on what...