Effective Teaching Activities

• Real world activities
• Can be understood at a variety of levels
• Related to a real-world problem; solving a real problem
• Fun: engaging, allows students to be successful
• Allows students to work with data
• Well-organized
• Includes contextual information
• Students explain things to each other
• Require creative thinking or independent thought
• Having a tangible, clear end product
• Incorporates feedback to students before they are done
• Uses familiar technology in a new way, or using new technology
• Uses visual aids that are easily accessible
• Allows students to formulate their own questions
• Students compare methodologies

Additional ideas: email cormand@carleton.edu