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142: 2 Fun Activities to Prepare Students for Active Learning, Problem-Solving, and Collaborative Learning

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How to Reflect on Your Course's Success

The card castle activity is so much more adaptable because it can really pull out students' creativity and they can show up in the class and shine. If you don't wanna use index cards, but still wanna introduce students to those five stages of group performance, then you can try a simple puzzle activity. The only difference really is that you're using a puzzle, which is going to have a definite end instead of stacks of index cards with just, hey, go build a castle. And reflecting on that could have a huge impact on their mental health as well as their success in the course.

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