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Getting Students Engaged: PowerPoints and Learning Ann Collins, Mickey Schutzenhofer, and Nathan White

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Getting Students Engaged: PowerPoints and Learning. Ann Collins, Mickey Schutzenhofer, and Nathan White. Life After Death by PowerPoint. Our Motivation. Our Motivation. Student Use Blocked thought No “big picture” Concepts lost. Use in class. Student Access. Engagement. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Getting Students Engaged:PowerPoints and Learning

Ann Collins, Mickey Schutzenhofer,

and Nathan White

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Our Motivation

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Our MotivationStudent Use

Blocked thoughtNo “big picture”Concepts lost

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How PowerPoint is used

Use in class

Student Access

Engagement

Lower level

Full Slides Post L imited (no notes)

Cover more material

No post L imited (frantic copying)

Fill-in Slides

Copy of incomplete slides

Limited (focus on blanks)

Time required! 2 copies; in advance

Upper level

Picture Slides

Y/N Large potential Aids to teaching

No Slides No Large potential

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Faculty1. What level is your course?

  Response ResponsePercent Count

Lower level (100-200) 43.00% 43Upper level (300-400) 57.00% 57

     

2. How do you primarily present information in class?

  Response ResponsePercent Count

Full information/slidesposted BEFORE class 26.00% 26

Full information/slidesposted AFTER class 11.00% 11

Full information/slidesNOT posted 6.00% 6

Fill-in Slides(obviously provided before class) 4.00% 4

Picture Slides ONLY or min. text 16.00% 16

NO Slides 37.00% 37

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Faculty (cont.)3. What is the approximate number of slides that you cover in a 50-minute class period?

  Response ResponsePercent Count

0-10 59.80% 5810-20 19.60% 1920-30 14.40% 1430-40 3.10% 340-50 1.00% 1

50+ 2.10% 2     

4. What percent of students do you observe actively taking notes in class?

  Response ResponsePercent Count

0-10 10.10% 1010-20 11.10% 1125-50 19.20% 1950-75 18.20% 18

75-100 41.40% 41

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Students

Question 1Taking notes

in class helps you STUDY.

Taking notes in class helps you LEARN.

Strongly Agree 54.2% 75.0%

Agree 37.5% 16.7%

Undecided 8.3% 8.3%

Disagree 0.0% 8.3%

Strongly Disagree 0.0% 0.0%

Response Count 24 24

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Students (cont.)2. How

frequently are you inclined to

take independent notes when a

course…

uses slides that are posted before class?

uses slides that are posted after class?

uses slides that are

not posted?

uses slides with fill-in-the-blanks?

uses slides that

contain pictures or

minimal text?

does not use slides?

Very Frequently

29.2% 37.5% 66.7% 50.0% 47.8% 66.7%

Frequently 54.2% 45.8% 25.0% 37.5% 30.4% 16.7%Occasionally 8.3% 16.7% 0.0% 12.5% 17.4% 12.5%

Rarely 8.3% 0.0% 4.2% 4.2% 4.3% 4.2%Very Rarely 4.2% 4.2% 4.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Never 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%Response

Count24 24 24 24 23 24

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Students (cont.)3. I enjoy receiving

information in a course

that consists mainly

of slides that are posted before class?

of slides that are posted

after class?

of slides that are

not posted?

of slides with fill-in-the-blanks?

of slides that

contain pictures or

minimal text?

of no slides?

Strongly Agree 58.30% 16.70% 8.30% 37.50% 12.50% 4.20%Agree 20.80% 58.30% 4.20% 29.20% 25.00% 0.00%

Undecided 16.70% 12.50% 8.30% 20.80% 20.80% 20.80%

Disagree 0.00% 16.70% 41.70% 8.30% 33.30% 29.20%Strongly Disagree 4.20% 0.00% 37.50% 4.20% 12.50% 45.80%Response

Count 24 24 24 24 24 24

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Some Conclusions:Faculty Responses

Slightly less than 2/3 of the classes use PowerPoint

Most faculty cover <= 10 slides in a class period

Student Responses***Most students responded that taking notes helps

them study and learnStudents will take notes regardless of slidesStudents want slides available to them

***Our student sample was most likely not representative

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Discussion