The effect of PowerPoint presentations prepared and presented by prospective teachers on biology achievement and attitudes toward biology

Autor: Mustafa Kışoğlu, Ali Alaş, Mehmet Erkol, Hasan Gürbüz, Sakıp Kahraman
Přispěvatelé: Bayburt University, Uzunboylu, H, Eğitim Fakültesi
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2(2):3043-3047
ISSN: 1877-0428
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.462
Popis: 2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2010) -- FEB 04-08, 2010 -- Bahceschir Univ, Istanbul, TURKEY
WOS: 000282002802176
The study aims to explore the effect of preparing and presenting powerpoint slides on prospective teachers' biology achievement and attitudes toward biology. The sample of the study was 109 freshman students from Pre-School Education Department at Ataturk University in Turkey. The sample was randomly assigned as control group consisted of 53 students and experimental group consisted of 56 students. The experimental group was taught by powerpoint presentations preparing and presenting by prospective teachers while the lesson was conducted through traditional approach in the control group. Results indicated that preparing and presenting powerpoint slides had a significant effect on prospective teachers biology achievement and attitudes towards biology. (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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