The Effects Of PowerPoint Lecture Notes On Student Performance And Attitudes

Abstract

This paper explores whether providing lecture notes when PowerPoint is used for class presentation affect student performance and attitudes toward instructor. This study was conducted in a classroom setting throughout the semester. The experiment involves two sections of an Accounting Principles II course. The results show that students who did not receive PowerPoint lecture notes indicated that the instructor was more effective and efficient than students who received PowerPoint lecture notes. No differences were found between the two groups in evaluating the instructor on such attributes as preparedness, caring about students, and feedback. The results further indicate that providing lecture notes did not appear to affect students' performance on the exams. Moreover, students’ responses to the PowerPoint presentation questions indicated that there were no differences between the section with lecture notes and the section without the lecture notes on such attributes as understandability, dullness, entertainment, and learning effect of the PowerPoint presentation. Keywords: PowerPoint; lecture notes; performance; attitudes; learning effect.