TY - GEN
T1 - Improving retention of information from teaching slides
AU - Wolfe, Christine
AU - Alley, Michael
AU - Sheridan, Kate C.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The purpose of this study was to test a new slide design in a computer science course. Slides in the new design have a sentence headline supported by visual evidence, as opposed to the traditional design of a phrase headline supported by a bulleted list and sometimes an image. Identical content was presented to two sections of students. Each group viewed three presentations. For the first two topics, one section was taught with sentence/visual slides and the other with phrase/bullets slides. The last presentation was a control; both sections viewed traditional slides. To test how much information was transferred and retained by the two sets of students, identical closed-book quizzes were administered at the end of each teaching session. Students who viewed slides in the new design performed better on the quizzes than students who viewed traditional slides. Educators should consider adopting this new design for their slides.
AB - The purpose of this study was to test a new slide design in a computer science course. Slides in the new design have a sentence headline supported by visual evidence, as opposed to the traditional design of a phrase headline supported by a bulleted list and sometimes an image. Identical content was presented to two sections of students. Each group viewed three presentations. For the first two topics, one section was taught with sentence/visual slides and the other with phrase/bullets slides. The last presentation was a control; both sections viewed traditional slides. To test how much information was transferred and retained by the two sets of students, identical closed-book quizzes were administered at the end of each teaching session. Students who viewed slides in the new design performed better on the quizzes than students who viewed traditional slides. Educators should consider adopting this new design for their slides.
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2006.322455
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2006.322455
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:48749098590
SN - 1424402565
SN - 9781424402564
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
T2 - 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
Y2 - 28 October 2006 through 31 October 2006
ER -