A study on measuring the Effectiveness of using PowerPoint as a sole tool to educate Allied Health Students. Professor Kenneth Martinucci

PROBLEM BACKGROUND Radiologic Technology students are learning less comprehensively because they only study the instructor’s Power Point lesson. They review the material during lecture by observing the power point lesson given by the instructor. They are usually allowed to continually review the PowerPoint material on blackboard, or some media provided by the school they attend. In the process, they do not regularly read the textbook, or seek other learning media.

PROBLEM STATEMENT Does comprehensive study and lecture for allied health students serve to increase their knowledge vs. students who only study the instructor’s Power Point lessons? Hypothesis: Comprehensive study techniques helps educate students

Target Population: Junior (1st year) allied health students: Radiation Therapy Radiologic Technology Nuclear Medicine

REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Xingeng, Ding, & Jianxiang,Liu, Advantages & Disadvantages of Power Point in Lectures to Science Students. MECS v 9, J. M. Apperson, E. L. Laws and J. A. Scepansky, 2008 “An assessment of student preferences for PowerPoint presentation structure in undergraduate courses,” Comput. Educ., v 50, 148–153 A. Szabo and N. Hastings, “Using IT in the undergraduate classroom: should we replace the chalkboard with PowerPoint?” Comput. Educ., vol. 35, pp , R. A. Bartsch and K. M. Cobern, “Effectiveness of PowerPoint presentations in lectures,” Comput. Educ.,v ol. 41, pp. 77–86, 2003.

Methodology Selected students will be given a survey designed to measure their opinion on the use of PowerPoint in the classroom, and their feelings on the overall learning process in the classroom. The student’s semester test scores, as well as grades throughout the semester will also be used to measure findings.