Learner-generated drawing potential for both learning and assessment

This subsection of a page is from a class project created by Shayla Sackinger. There are two images showing a cross section of a human wrist with tendons, bones, and nerve fibers. Part of the text reads: certain movements of the wrist increase pressure in the carpal tunnel and, if done repetitively, will compress the carpal tunnel and pinch against the median nerve and flexor tendons. This is what causes the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. One of the cross section images is labeled with text: The transverse carpal ligament compresses the median nerve. — This subsection of a page is from a class project created by Shayla Sackinger.

In learner-generated drawing activities, students employ multiple cognitive and muscular skeletal processes to produce illustrations based on verbal, text or other information. When properly supported as a learning activity, students tend to retain information longer and more accurately, than traditional methods. Learner produced illustrations also provide rich opportunities for assessment and dialog. This teaching tip provides pointers and shares experiences from a UAF Human Anatomy and Physiology course.