The Effect of PowerPoint Instruction on High School Students’ Achievement and Motivation to Learn Geometry

Abstract

This study explored the effect of PowerPoint integration on students’ motivation and achievement in less endowed Senior High Schools (SHSs). The study employed the embedded mixed method approach involving quasi-experimental design in which 80 students were randomly selected from two government-assisted Senior High Schools and assigned to control and experimental groups. Teacher-made Pre- and Post-Geometry Achievement Tests (GAT) and semi-structured interviews were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data respectively. During treatment, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) was integrated using PowerPoint presentation to teach the experimental group while the control group was taught by conventional instruction approach. Both pre-GAT and post-GAT were administered to participants and their responds were scored to obtain quantitative data. Descriptive statistics and independent samples t-test were used to analyze the GAT scores while the qualitative data were thematically analyzed. The results showed that participants in both groups had improved in their post-GAT compared to their pre-GAT. However, it was revealed that study participants in the experimental group achieved better in the post-GAT than those in the control group. It was also revealed that there was no influence of gender in the achievement of the group taught by PPT presentation. Finally, the findings revealed that ICT integration promotes students’ motivation. In conclusion, ICT integration approach to teaching and learning mathematics concepts was found to promote students’ motivation and increased achievement in mathematics than the conventional instruction. The implications for practice and research are discussed.

Interactive Powerpoint Media in Grade IV Elementary School

“…The developed interactive PowerPoint media contains an attractive and proportional design and is easy for students to use. PowerPoint can be used to create interactive media from learning materials by incorporating visual and audio components into presentation slides and can be shared via platforms for use by students with the help of computers, laptops and gadgets (Mensah & Nabie, 2021;Praheto et al, 2020). The results of validation with experts also show that the developed interactive PowerPoint media has used good and correct language rules.…”

Exploring Student Learning Concentration Through Whatsapp Group: A Classroom Teacher's Effort in Online Learning During The Pandemic

“…Several research results report that the WhatsApp Group affects increasing learning outcomes (Oyewole et al, 2020), increases learning achievement (Pratama & Kartikawati, 2017), and improves the learning process (Awada, 2016;Baishya & Maheshwari, 2020;Rahaded et al , 2020). In addition, PowerPoint also has an impact on learning (Akhlaghi & Zareian, 2015;Erdemir, 2011;Mensah & Nabie, 2021;Meo et al, 2013). Videos distributed by teachers in the form of learning videos from the internet, for example, on YouTube, can attract students to participate in online learning activities (Moghavvemi et al, 2018;Orús et al, 2016;Rosyad, 2021).…”

The Use of PowerPoint Presentation in Mathematics Education: A Comparative Study of Endowed and Less Endowed Schools in Ghana

“…Engagement theory is used as the theoretical base underpinning this study. Previous studies, (Kearsley & Shneiderman, 1999;Marshall, 2007;Mensah & Nabie, 2021), on technology integration in education used the Engagement theory as their theoretical bases. Engagement Theory (ET) is a framework for technology-based teaching, whose underlying idea is that students must be meaningfully engaged in learning activities through interaction with others and worthwhile tasks (Kearsley & Shneiderman, 1999).…”

“…The participants' entry characteristics and level of attainment after treatment was completed were measured using two similar GATs adopted from (Mensah & Nabie, 2021). The GAT contain questions involving concepts on area and perimeter of plane shapes and was made up of two sections, section A and B.…”

“…One advantage of PPT is that, once it is installed on a computer, it can be used to prepare slides of concepts without internet connectivity hence it can be used even in remote areas which have poor or no internet facilities. Using PPT in instructional delivery has been found to make learning more interactive, improved students' academic performance, and eliminate gender disparity in achievement (Gambari et al, 2015;Mensah & Nabie, 2021).…”