فاعلية توظيف برنامج العرض التقديمي PowerPoint المتبوع بالأنشطة الفردية والجماعية على أداء طالبات كلية التربية بجامعة قطر

Abstract

This research aims at measuring the impact of the PowerPoint Program followed by an individual student activity and group student activity on the university academic achievement in its both types of tests (Post & Delayed Tests) on one hand, and the Skills' of designing an instructional module in accordance with the systems approach to instructional design, on the other hand. The sample of this research consists of 108 female students of the College of Education at the University of Qatar. The sample was divided into three groups of 36 student each. These groups were randomly assigned to the three research treatments. Treatment! described as a PowerPoint presentation followed by an individual activity concerning designing an instructional module. Treatment2 is described as a PowerPoint presentation followed by group activity concerning designing an instructional module. While, treatment3 is defined as a control group in which students were exposed to a traditional way of a regular lecture in which no PowerPoint presentation was employed. The research results indicate that no significant differences between the means of the research groups on post-test were found. However, a significant difference between means on the delayed test was found. Consequently, a follow-up of Tukey's test was conducted to specify the difference between groups. The result shows that the difference was between the two experimental groups (Treatment! & Treatment2) in fever of teratmentl (PP & An individual student activity). Another significant difference was found between the mean scores of the skills of designing instructional modules, among the research groups. The differences, according to the follow-up Tukey' test, were found between Tl & the control group in fever of the control group; whereas, the other difference was located between Tl & T2, in fever of T2. This analysis indicates that it is feverable to design an instructional material in PowerPoint mode with awareness of the needs of the individual and their characteristics, focusing on the cases of individual activity rather than group activity, in the cases that the retention is required. Whereas, if the case is concerning training and gaining skills are required, the focus should be concentrated on both types of learner activities (Individual & Group Activities).