Infusing Active Learning into the Large-enrollment Biology Class: Seven Strategies, from the Simple to Complex

Although the environment of a large class is not an easy one in which to thrive—either for the instructors who teach them or for the students who take them, active-learning strategies are most probably here to stay.

Abstract

The greatest single challenge to SMET pedagogical reform remains the problem of whether and how large classes can be infused with more active and interactive learning methods.