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Burke, Lisa A.; Ray, Ruth – Teaching in Higher Education, 2008
Evidence suggests that college students' concentration levels are limited and hard to maintain. Even though relevant in higher education, scant empirical research exists on interventions to "re-set" their concentration during a college lecture. Using a within-subjects design, four active learning interventions are administered across two…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Active Learning, Intervention, Student Attitudes
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Burke, Lisa A.; James, Karen E. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2008
The use of PowerPoint (PPT)-based lectures in business classes is prevalent, yet it remains empirically understudied in business education research. The authors investigate whether students in the contemporary business classroom view PPT as a novel stimulus and whether these perceptions of novelty are related to students' self-assessment of…
Descriptors: Business Education, Lecture Method, Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials
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James, Karen E.; Burke, Lisa A.; Hutchins, Holly M. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2006
The use of PowerPoint (PPT)-based lectures in business classes across universities is ubiquitous yet understudied in empirical pedagogical research. The purpose of this empirical study was to ascertain whether significant differences exist between faculty and student perceptions with regard to PPT's impact on perceived learning, classroom…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Student Attitudes, Computer Software, Internet