Research Paper (Fall 2009)
Technology in the classroom has been very beneficial for both teachers and students over the years. However, there is a fast rising problem that is starting to hinder both effective teaching and student retention of the material presented. When an instructor gives far more attention to the “how” of a lesson rather than the “what” then effectiveness falls by the wayside.
The main focus of my paper will be the effect teachers can have for good and bad using PowerPoint in the classroom. Some have termed this growing problem as “PowerPoint abuse” and many students feel that this directly effects poor teaching skills, wasted classroom time management, and inefficient use of appropriated funding. On the flipside, I will also bring to light the positive uses of such media to enhance learning.
References:
Young, J. (2004). When good technology means bad teaching. The Chronicle of Higher Education, from the issue dated 12 Nov. 2004. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i12/12a03101.htm
Kjedlsen, J. (2006). The rhetoric of PowerPoint. Seminar.Net International Journal of Media, Technology, and Lifelong Learning, Volume 2 Issue 1. Retrieved from http://seminar.net/files/Kjeldsen_powerpoint.pdf
Rowcliffe, S. (2003). Using PowerPoint effectively in science education: lessons from research and guidance in the classroom. School Science Review, June 2003, 84(309) Retrieved from http://www.ase.org.uk/htm/members_area/journals/ssr/ssr_june_pdfpg69-76_using_power.pdf
Van Kleeck, E. (2007). Information Technology for Theological Education. Theological Education, Volume 42, Number 2 (2007): 35-48 Retrieved from http://www.ats.edu/resources/Publications/Documents/TE/2007TE42-2.pdf#page=45
Bartsch, R. and Cobern, K. (2002). Effectiveness of PowerPoint presentations in lectures. Computers & Education 41 (2003) 77-86. Retrieved from http://innovations.oise.utoronto.ca/~jhewitt/ctl1602/papers/2003Bartsch.pdf
Other sources will be added as the research paper progresses.
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Submitted by Marc Burgess on Sat, 11/07/2009 - 9:49am
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If you can, try to narrow it
If you can, try to narrow it down a bit. There are hundreds of references on this.
See if you can limit to just empirical references though (journal articles in which they did an actual research study measuring learning and so forth).
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I did find alot of info on this through Google Scholar. I appologize for posting things other than actual research journal articles. When you say narrow it down a bit, do you mean PowerPoint in a high school setting or college setting, or soething else? I will take any direction I can get. Thanks.
You only have one reference
You only have one reference from a journal listed on the journals page we used earlier for example:
http://itls.usu.edu/wiki/journals
Those journals have empirical research and higher quality articles.
There isn't much real research on powerpoint since it is a presentation tool, designed for businesses.