Introduction and Rationale for Using Posters Together with group presentations, posters made by students to help explain a given research topic are among the most effective teaching tools available to those of us who teach classes in which content is a major component. A poster, by our definition, should include graphics and text in about equal proportions, and should be large, colorful and simple. The Main Researcher photocopies all information that might be used in the poster and the group members discuss which of these should be used and how. The Poster Designer makes a rough layout of the poster on A4 size paper.
Students make the poster together.
It should be about 100 X 60 cm. Pictures and charts should easy to read from around two meters. Remind students to bring tacks and other necessary materials. All members of your poster group should speak during your presentation. You are responsible for summarizing the information in the textbook and looking for information that is not in the textbook.