An assessment of student preferences for PowerPoint presentation structure in undergraduate courses

Apperson, Jennifer M.; Laws, Eric L.; Scepansky, James A.

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2006.04.003

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“…Its advocates claim it boosts retention (Hassner, 2005) it promotes interest and motivation (James et al, 2006;Parette et al, 2009;Kahraman et al, 2011) and aids in strengthening the teaching effect. Numerous studies on students" perceptions (as cited in (Szabo and Hastings, 2000;Apperson et al, 2008;Susskind, 2008;Kahraman et al, 2011;Hill et al, 2012)) indicate that learners believe that PowerPoint facilitates learning, it makes classes more organized, clear and interesting and they even like professors better, having an overall more favorable attitude toward their education. Yet, the use of PowerPoint did not necessarily improve their academic performance or proved to facilitate their learning according to empirical evidence from conducted studies (e.g.…”

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The Impact of Powerpoint Use on Teacher Sense of Efficacy

Konstantinidis

Theodosiadou²,

Papachatzi

et al. 2017

International Journal of Education and Practice

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Article HistoryThe use of PowerPoint is widespread in classroom teaching, yet no studies exist that investigate how its use affects teacher sense of efficacy. Teacher sense of efficacy, understood as the teachers" judgment of their capability to make differences in students" learning, affects the effort teachers invest in teaching, the goals they set, and their level of aspiration. It has been found that highly efficacious teachers use a variety of teaching strategies and are more willing to integrate new technologies in their teaching practices. As the number of teachers who use presentation tools in their classroom increases, it would be valuable to know whether and how their use affects teacher sense of efficacy. This study expands the current literature on teacher sense of efficacy by investigating how the use of PowerPoint in the classroom relates to the construct. In order to measure whether PowerPoint use affects teacher sense of efficacy, we developed a self-administered questionnaire based on the Ohio State Teacher Efficacy Scale (OSTES) and adapted it to measure the effect of PowerPoint use in teacher efficacy. Twenty five in-service teachers who use PowerPoint quite often in their practices participated in this study. The results show that PowerPoint use has a general positive impact on teacher sense of efficacy.Contribution/ Originality: This study contributes in the existing literature by investigating the relationship between use of PowerPoint in the classroom and teacher sense of efficacy. The results indicate that PowerPoint use has a general positive impact on teacher sense of efficacy.

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Section: Powerpoint Use In Teachingmentioning

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The Impact of Powerpoint Use on Teacher Sense of Efficacy

Konstantinidis

Theodosiadou²,

Papachatzi

et al. 2017

International Journal of Education and Practice

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“…It is suggested that further research is needed to examine the more subtle between books and websites for perceiving their advantages and disadvantages more precisely. Apperson, laws, and Scepansky (2006) made an attempt to an assessment of student performances for power point presentation structure in undergraduate courses. In this study, ISSN 2327-5499 2017 275 psychology students aged 17-53 participated.…”

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A Review of CALL and TE Research on Grammar Learning: Suggestions for Further Research and Pedagogical Implications

Shabani¹,

Bakhshi²,

Samarghandi³

2016

IRE

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Applying various approaches for efficient grammar teaching has been the focus of abundant research among which elaborating on the effect of focus on form perspective such as computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and input enhancement on the learners' grammar improvement can be beneficial in grammar research studies. Regarding CALL domain, different technological tools have been applied and their efficiency has been taken into account by various research papers, demonstrating the due positive impact of their utilization in the classroom, paving the way for the learners to experience peer interaction and support, while having teacher's scaffolding, to gain mastery over grammar. To name a few CALL tools, web-based learning, power point presentation, video projector, and educational software can practically be employed at the service of teaching grammar. One of the sub-division strategies of input enhancement is textual enhancement (TE) through which ISSN 2327-5499 2017 http://ire.macrothink.org 29 target forms are bolded, underlined, italicized, colored, or highlighted. Researchers in the field of grammar learning are seeking new methodologies by examining the positive effect of TE combined with CALL approach on the second or foreign language learners' grammar learning. Hence, the purpose of this study is to present a review of the current literature in order to investigate, to what extent, technology-based instruction can improve learners' grammar performance. Studies concerning different types of technological tools, TE formats, and the combination of CALL and TE are accounted for in this research. Finally, suggestions for further research and pedagogical implications are provided. International Research in Education

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“…Students preferred the use of key phrase outlines, pictures and graphs, slides to be built line by line, sounds from popular media or that support the pictures or graphics on the slide, color backgrounds, and to have the lights dimmed. It is recommended that professors pay attention to the physical aspects of PowerPoint slides and handouts to further enhance students' educational experience" [11]. On other hand, some of the students also shared that they were not appreciated or not received good grades because they overdo their transitions and animations, too wordy with their slides or frames that could hardly be read, and the like.…”

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Sharpening Skills In Using Presentation Tools: Students’ Experiences

Dano-Hinosolango¹

2015

IJITE

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Making use of Information and Communication Technology resources is deemed necessary for students. With this, they need to demonstrate their competence in using various technologies such as Prezi and 1.BACKGROUND AND RATIONALEMaking use of information and communication technology (ICT) is important in presenting reports and presentations for the students to enrich their learning. Hence, they need to demonstrate their competence in using various technologies such as Prezi and PowerPoint (PPT) to communicate effectively and efficiently to their audience. With this, they can integrate multimedia platforms as tools in delivering a particular topic. Thus, their experiences in using these presentation tools is important to assist them in their needs that will consequently aid in enriching and sharpening their skills on giving reports and presentations.Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation tool allows the students to integrate multimedia features. It is not only limited to text, graphics, animations and transitions but also equip in embedding audio, videos and music for the audience to understand better the topic presented. It was shown that if PPT is used appropriately it becomes a powerful tool that will encourage students' learning [1]. In like manner, Prezi is a web-based presentation tool that also allows the users to integrate multimedia features. Its difference with PPT is it allows the presenter to magnify the text, to make the elements upside down, and the like. It was also shared that the "theory behind Prezi is that our ideas are not linear, but rather bundles of interconnected concepts that are better captured as a whole with many parts. With this, it allows the presenter to illustrate the relationship of concepts to one another" [2].

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An assessment of student preferences for PowerPoint presentation structure in undergraduate courses

Cited by 101 publications

References 9 publications

The Impact of Powerpoint Use on Teacher Sense of Efficacy

The Impact of Powerpoint Use on Teacher Sense of Efficacy

A Review of CALL and TE Research on Grammar Learning: Suggestions for Further Research and Pedagogical Implications

Sharpening Skills In Using Presentation Tools: Students’ Experiences

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