Research Guides
Active Learning Classroom Resources: Recommended Articles
Selected Reading List
- It's not about seat time: Blending, flipping, and efficiency in active learning classrooms
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Baepler, P., Walker, J. D., & Driessen, M. (2014). It's not about seat time: Blending, flipping, and efficiency in active learning classrooms. Computers and Education, 78, 227-236. - Active Learning Classrooms and Educational Alliances: Changing Relationships to Improve Learning
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Baepler, P., & Walker, J. D. (2014). Active Learning Classrooms and Educational Alliances: Changing Relationships to Improve Learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2014, 137, 27-40. - History and Evolution of Active Learning Spaces
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Beichner, R. J. (2014). History and Evolution of Active Learning Spaces. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2014, 137, 9-16. - Space matters: The impact of formal learning environments on student learning
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Brooks, D. C. (2011). Space matters: The impact of formal learning environments on student learning. British Journal of Educational Technology, 42, 5, 719-726. - Transformation of classroom spaces: traditional versus active learning classroom in colleges
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Park, E. L., & Choi, B. K. (2014). Transformation of classroom spaces: traditional versus active learning classroom in colleges. Higher Education : the International Journal of Higher Education Research, 68, 5, 749-771. - Strategies to Address Common Challenges When Teaching in an Active Learning Classroom
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Petersen, C. I., & Gorman, K. S. (2014). Strategies to Address Common Challenges When Teaching in an Active Learning Classroom. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2014, 137, 63-70. - Making the Case for Space: Three Years of Empirical Research on Learning Environments
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Whiteside, A. L., Brooks, D. C., & Walker, J. D. (June 01, 2010). Making the Case for Space: Three Years of Empirical Research on Learning Environments. Educause Quarterly, 33,3.
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Additional Reading
- Active learning? not with my syllabus!
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Ernst, M. D. (2012). Active learning? not with my syllabus!. Teaching Statistics, 34, 1, 21-24. - Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics.
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Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M., Smith, M. K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., & Wenderoth, M. P. (2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, 23, 8410-5. - Using online lectures to make time for active learning.
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Prunuske, A. J., Batzli, J., Howell, E., & Miller, S. (2012). Using online lectures to make time for active learning. Genetics, 192, 1, 67-72. - A delicate balance: integrating active learning into a large lecture course.Walker, J. D., Cotner, S. H., Baepler, P. M., & Decker, M. D. (2008). A delicate balance: integrating active learning into a large lecture course. Cbe Life Sciences Education, 7, 4, 361-7.
- An Active Learning Approach to Bloom's Taxonomy: 2 Games, 2 Classrooms, 2 Methods.Weigel, F. K., & Bonica, M. (2014). An Active Learning Approach to Bloom's Taxonomy: 2 Games, 2 Classrooms, 2 Methods. U.S. Army Medical Department Journal, 21-29.