SLIDE SHOW IN LEARNING PROCESS Inese Bula University

SLIDE SHOW IN LEARNING PROCESS Inese Bula University of Latvia Rīga, 10 -11 May, 2007 1

What is it? n n n n Microsoft Power. Point presentations Microsoft Word presentations another Microsoft presentations (Exel) PDF or PS file presentations another presentations with computer transparencies movie 2

Questionnaire about the usage of slides n n n In Department of Mathematics 16 respondents (lecturers) Do you use slides during the lectures? Yes 5 No 11 Is the usage of slides helpful presenting the lecture? Yes Is the usage of slides helpful for students to understand the lecture? Yes 3

n n n In Department of Computer Science 14 respondents (lecturers) Do you use slides during the lectures? Yes 11 No 3 Is the usage of slides helpful presenting the lecture? Yes Is the usage of slides helpful for students to understand the lecture? Yes 12 No 2 4

Goodness of use n n It is possible to more tell It is possible to clearer tell (visualizations, diagrams, graphs, chart, block schemes) Structural peculiarities It is available printout 5

Badness of use It is cinema! n Students can not write down n Students can not coming to lectures n Prof. J. Borzovs: ”… cilvēkiem rokas kustības ir cieši saistītas ar domāšanu. ” Necessary n Home works and exercises n 6

Questionnaire about the lectures of Mathematical analysis I 85 respondents (1 -st course students of computer science) n Which lectures do you like best? a) with slides; b) without slides. 48 37 37 48 44% 56% 7

§ In which case do you understand better the new topic of the lecture? a) with slides; b) without slides. 52 2 2% 31 36% 31 2 50%: 50% 52 62% 8

§ Which is the more efficient way how to use slides? a) slides should be handed in before the lecture; 54 b) slides should be handed in after the lecture; 6 c) slides should be available in general; 30 d) slides should not be available for students. 0 9

§ Is there a need for exercises done „by hand” during the lectures with slides a) exercises are necessary; b) 84 b) exercises are not necessary a) 1 10

§ Should the whole lecture material be presented with slides? a) yes; 24 b) no, only definitions and theorems should be on slides; 30 c) no, only illustrative material should be on slides; 23 11

Suggestions: § The whole lecture material should be on web. CT § More exercises needed § Without slides it is much easier to follow lectures on the blackboard § More practical works needed 12

n Mathematical analysis is not the subject you can learn from slides /Analīze nav priekšmets, kuru var mācīties no slaidiem/ n n Better design is needed for slides Without slides I do not have a feeling of safety and self-confidence /Bez slaidiem man nav drošības un miera sajūtas/ 13

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