Students travel back in time to 19^th-century Japan, assuming the roles of advisors to the Tokugawa shogunate. They must synthesize primary readings on social and political unrest to propose reforms that could prevent the regime from collapsing. 

This activity follows an adjustable sequence of steps and rules for engagement to ensure that all students, even in large classes, are able to find each session clear, accessible, rigorous, and relevant and to feel that the classroom culture offers them an equal opportunity to speak. As part of these routines, hands are never immediately called on when the instructor asks a question. Instead, all students are expected to develop an answer and then collaborate with their peers to develop a group answer, and a representative from each group shares the group’s response. Rules for engagement, explicit criteria for meeting and exceeding expectations, and transparent discussion routines ensure that all students can access the discussion and be optimally challenged during class.

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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 analyze musical themes from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", first as a partnered homework assignment, then during a class discussion, and finally on their own as they passed by in the film.

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Law students present a case study to their peers, simulating real-world cases young lawyers might face.

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To turn midterms from a stressful solo judgmental activity into a pedagogical tool, the instructor implemented a team component to the midterm.

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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 course on systems engineering and machine architecture weaves a variety of activities including problem sets and coding exercises, to create a more applicable experience for the students.... Read more about Systems Engineering and Machine Architecture Activity

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