Differential use and benefits of PowerPoint in upper level versus lower level courses
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Publication Source
Technology Pedagogy and Education
Volume Number
20
Issue Number
1
First Page
113
Last Page
124
Publisher
Routledge
ISSN
1475-939X
Abstract
The study examines whether college instructors use PowerPoint differently in upper level versus lower level courses and whether PowerPoint differentially affects the learning and behaviours of students in those courses. The authors surveyed 191 students from 14 Psychology classes and found that instructors teaching higher level courses use PowerPoint more frequently and are more likely to make the slides available to students than those teaching beginning-level courses. We also found that students in upper level courses reported greater benefits associated with the use of PowerPoint than those in lower level courses.
Keywords
improving classroom teaching, pedagogical issues, post-secondaryEducation, teaching/learning strategies
Recommended Citation
Published in: Technology Pedagogy and Education, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 1, 2011, pages 113-124. Copyright © 2011 Routledge, Philadelphia, PA. The final published version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2011.554018
