How do I evaluate active learning?

Make sure that the active learning activity you select helps students progress towards your learning outcomes.

Check for student understanding of key concepts and issues using classroom assessment techniques (Angelo & Cross, 1995), such as a 1-Minute Paper.

Students will perform better if they need to produce something as part of active learning and are accountable for their work (for example, ask students to hand in a solution to a problem, submit three questions about a topic for the exam, create a model for X and draw it, share examples they discussed in their group, or post their group solution online).