active learning

What is active learning?

● students get active and participate more in

class
● actively involved while listening to a
presentation
● students are able to learn what they
WANT to learn
Learning pyramid
DIFFERENCE

passive:
- teacher is the one who talks
- little participation
- teacher plans the lesson plan
active:
- one student teaches the group
- more participation
- student makes lesson plan
Basic elements of active learning

1. Talking and listening

2. Writing
3. Reading
4. Reflecting
Categories of active learning strategies

● Individual activities
● Paired activities
● Informal small groups
● Cooperative student
projects
WHY CHOOSE ACTIVE LEARNING?

● Studies have shown students prefer this

method rather than listening to lectures.
● lectures lead to:
- boredom
- not paying attention
- brain doesn't absorb information
- bad grades
PEOPLE

● SCRIBE
- scribe collects notes and homework from the students
in the group
- take minutes down (ex: Thresya is the teacher this
week)
● TEACHER
- the teacher is a student in the group that will teach the
group
- the teacher will decide which activity to work on
- the teacher will decide what text should the students
read
KEYS TO SUCCESS

1) Be active!
2) develop plans for the week
3) ask questions; don't be shy
4) listen and take notes
5) if you're the teacher then plan on what
you're going to teach