This document discusses active learning approaches and their benefits over traditional lecture-based teaching. It provides evidence from over 600 studies that cooperation between students results in greater effort, more positive relationships, and better psychological health compared to competitive and individual learning. The document also outlines some active learning strategies like discussion, cooperative learning, and problem-based learning. It summarizes research from Miami University finding improvements in students' learning and abilities like critical thinking when faculty adopted more active approaches. Faculty reported experiential learning, student-centered approaches, discussion and cooperation worked best.