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This document summarizes research on student preferences for PowerPoint presentations and provides guidelines for designing and presenting PowerPoint slides effectively. The research found that students prefer bullet points over paragraphs of text, graphs and pictures to supplement content, and receiving slides before class. It is recommended to limit words and use larger font sizes per slide, emphasize content through formatting, include only relevant graphics, minimize animations and sounds, and check slides before presenting while focusing on verbal explanations rather than reading slides verbatim.

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Standards To Follow Using PPT Handout

This document summarizes research on student preferences for PowerPoint presentations and provides guidelines for designing and presenting PowerPoint slides effectively. The research found that students prefer bullet points over paragraphs of text, graphs and pictures to supplement content, and receiving slides before class. It is recommended to limit words and use larger font sizes per slide, emphasize content through formatting, include only relevant graphics, minimize animations and sounds, and check slides before presenting while focusing on verbal explanations rather than reading slides verbatim.

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MARIKINA POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

2 Mayor Chanyungco St., Sta. Elena, Marikina City


GRADUATE SCHOOL

ELT 604 – EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY B. Emphasizing Content


Professor: Vilma J. Sugay, Ed.D – Use italics, bold and color for emphasizing content.
Topic : POWERPOINT – Use of a light background (white, beige, yellow)
Discussant: Jeanette M. Geraldizo with dark typeface or a dark background (blue,
purple, brown) with a light typeface is easy to read in
I. Research about Students Preferences for a large room.
PowerPoint
Laura Edelman and Kathleen Harring from C. Typeface and Size
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania have – Use a sans serif typeface such as Arial, Helvetica, or
developed an approach to PowerPoint design using Tahoma. The text you are now reading is Arial.
Baddeley and Hitch’s model. During the course of – Limit the number of typeface styles to no more
their work, they conducted a survey of students at than two per slide.
the college asking what they liked and didn’t like – Ensure the typeface is large enough to read from
about their professor’s PowerPoint presentations. anywhere in the room: titles and headings should be
They discovered the following: no less than 36-40 points.
A. Characteristics students don’t like about teachers’ – The subtext should be no less than 32 points.
PowerPoint Slides
 Too many words on a slide D. Clip art and graphics
 Clip art – Use clip art and graphics sparingly. Research shows
 Movement (slide transitions or word that it’s best to use graphics only when they support
animations) the content.
 Templates with too many colors – Photographs can be effectively used to add realism
– Use two-dimensional pie and bar graphs rather
B. Characteristics students like about teachers’ than 3-D styles which can interfere with the intended
PowerPoint Slides message.
 Graphs increase understanding of content
 Bulleted lists help them organize ideas E. Animation and Sound
 PowerPoint can help to structure lectures – Add motion, sound, or music only when necessary.
 Verbal explanations of pictures/graphs help – Excessive movement within or between slides can
more than written clarifications interfere with the message and can be annoying.
Avoid or use only simple screen transitions.
C. According to Edelman and Harring, some
conclusions from the research at Muhlenberg are F. Final Check
that students learn more when: – Check for spelling, correct word usage, flow of
 material is presented in short phrases rather material and overall appearance of the presentation.
than full paragraphs.
 the professor talks about the information on III. During the Presentation
the slide rather than having students read it –PowerPoint should not replace you as the presenter
on their own. – Avoid reading from the slide—reading the material
 relevant pictures are used. Irrelevant pictures can be perceived as though you don’t know the
decrease learning compared to PowerPoint material.
slides with no picture – Avoid rapidly moving the laser pointer across the
 they take notes (if the professor is not slide. Also, use a laser pointer with a dot large
talking). But if the professor is lecturing, note- enough to be seen from all areas of the room.
taking and listening decreased learning. – Allow no more than one to two slides per minute of
 they are given the PowerPoint slides before content.
the class. – Incorporate blank slides to allow students to reflect
on what has just been discussed or to gain their
II. Designing the PowerPoint Presentation attention
A. Slide Content – Stand to one side of the screen and face the
– Avoid text-dense slides—it’s better to have more audience while presenting.
slides than trying to place too much text on one slide. – Leave classroom lights on and turn off lights
– Use brief points instead of long sentences or directly over the projection screen if possible.
paragraphs. – Learn to use PowerPoint efficiently and have a
– Relate PowerPoint material to course objectives to back-up plan in case of technical failure.
reinforce their purpose.

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