Common Use of PowerPoint versus the Assertion-Evidence Structure:

Authors: Garner, Joanna K.; Alley, Michael; Gaudelli, Allen F.; Zappe, Sarah E.

Source: Technical Communication, Volume 56, Number 4, November 2009 , pp. 331-345(15)

Publisher: Society for Technical Communication

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Abstract:

Summary

Finds that the common practice of PowerPoint is heavily influenced by PowerPoint's defaults

Finds that the common practice of PowerPoint does not follow cognitive principles of multimedia learning

Shows that the assertion-evidence slide structure is much more in line with multimedia learning principles

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2009-11-01

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