Active Learning
| The Active Learning Site | |
| http://www.active-learning-site.com/index.html | |
| "This site supports the scholarship of teaching by providing research-based resources designed to help faculty use active learning successfully in college and university classrooms." | |
| Active and Cooperative Learning | |
| http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Cooperative_Learning.html | |
| "Richard Felder has written or co-authored a number of papers about the use of active and cooperative instructional methods in college science and engineering courses, some reporting on his own classroom research studies and some summarizing the literature. The references are listed below; those shown as hot links may be viewed and downloaded from this site. You may also view excerpts from an interview with Dr. Felder and see a list of good CL-related web sites." | |
| Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom | |
| http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/91-9dig.htm | |
| "Research consistently has shown that traditional lecture methods, in which professors talk and students listen, dominate college and university classrooms. It is therefore important to know the nature of active learning, the empirical research on its use, the common obstacles and barriers that give rise to faculty members' resistance to interactive instructional techniques, and how faculty, faculty developers, administrators, and educational researchers can make real the promise of active learning." | |
| Active Learning for the College Classroom | |
| http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/main.htm | |
| "Background and definitions; techniques of active learning; references on active and cooperative learning." | |