Active Learning Theories

• Cooperative Learning@

• Active / Cooperative Learning  - Addresses faculty questions about active and cooperative learning, including getting started, research, workshops, and resources.
• Active Learning  - Short point-for-point discussion of active learning, with references to source works. [PDF].
• Active Learning  - Wilbert J. McKeachie's discussion of active learning techniques, adapted from 'Effective Teaching Workshop', with diagrams for easier instruction.
• Active Learning  - Page by L. Dee Fink with models and explanations of active learning.
• Active Learning For The College Classroom  - Academic paper contains definitions and techniques, including individual exercises, immediate feedback, critical thinking, share/pair, and cooperative learning.
• Active Learning for Young Minds  - Resource for implementing active learning techniques in teaching young children.
• The Active Learning Foundation  - Non-profit organization includes information for parents and teachers, with activity books, presentations, and newsletter.
• Active Learning in Higher Education  - List of articles about active learning and its application in university and college classes.
• Active Learning on the Web  - Presentation about the concept of active learning by Bernie Dodge of the San Diego State University's Department of Educational Technology.
• Active Learning Practices for Schools  - Contains active learning tools, activities, and research reports. With discussion forums.
• The Active Learning Site  - Offers research-based resources to aid educators in using active learning successfully in classroom learning environments.
• Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom  - Article by Charles C. Bonwell and James A. Eison discusses active learning, what it is, and how it can be applied in the classroom.
• Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology: Active Learning  - Shares brief definition of the learning theory, as well as individual techniques. Includes think-pair-share, collaborative groups, games, debates, and journals.
• Teaching Strategies: Active and Collaborative Learning  - University of Michigan research center furnishes summaries, articles, bibliographies, and related resources.