Useful Activities and Peer Evaluation in Creating PowerPoint Slides to Introduce a Book

Abstract

This paper reports how university students recommended books they are interested in by means of PowerPoint slides in order to equip with computer knowledge and skills. In this course, they were required to create PowerPoint slides to introduce a book by inserting animations and narrations. It applied active learning in combination with evaluation and revision activities to (1) enhance their computer skills; (2) raise awareness towards various types of skills necessary for problem solving and (3) nurture active thinking. It particularly aims not only to acquire PowerPoint skills but also to develop their skills in expression, project planning and suggestion. The useful activities for improving awareness were investigated after the lecture course. The useful activities are counted and created crosstabulation. The activities are added concerning awareness and activities. Clusters analysis is conducted to classify awareness and activities. By using obtained clusters, the first cross-tabulation is reduced. χ ２ test is conducted by using this table as contingency table. The residual analysis is conducted for the table. Self-evaluation and evaluation by others were surveyed at the first and the last week. Significance test is conducted for the response. This paper, thus, informs of the content of the course and proves results of the useful activities, the selfevaluation and the evaluation by others as its effectiveness.