Strategies for Active Learning and Assessment of the Learning Processes

Abstract

Active Learning strategies are acknowledged to improve student under-standing in many disciplinary fields. However, both the shift in learning objectives due to the use of these strategies and the recent need to implement active learning taking into account the requirements of mixed-mode teaching due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic pose the problem of developing and validating new assessment methods and techniques. In this paper, examples of active learning activities focused on devel-oping critical reasoning skills, like modelling and argumentation, and of assessment tools and methods will be presented and discussed.