Posters and Concept Maps: An Alternative to the Multiple-Choice-Question Team Application Exercise

Karla A. Kubitz, Ph.D., FACSM, Towson University

Effective application exercises must meet four criteria: (a) focus on significant problems, (b) deal with the same problem, (c) require students to make a specific choice, and (d) create a product that can be presented simultaneously. One alternative to the multiple-choice-question team application exercise is the poster or concept-map application exercise. Students apply course material to a problem and create a poster or concept map depicting their thinking process. Concept maps meet the four criteria for an effective application exercise—students deal with the same significant problem and make specific choices to determine what information to include on their maps, which can be presented simultaneously. In meeting the four criteria, these application exercises are an alternative to the multiple-choice-question team application exercise.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to construct a TBL application exercise by creating a poster or concept map.

 

Room 2.110