Research
Eye-tracking study suggests a simple PowerPoint technique can sharpen students’ focus
PsyPost · By Eric W. Dolan ·
The Brief
- A study published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning used eye-tracking to test revealing slide content one piece at a time.
- The article reports that this sequential reveal, paired with the teacher's speech, can help students focus on the right information.
- The article reports that students remembered more of the lesson with sequential reveals.
Why it matters
Teachers and educators can change how they build presentation slides to direct student attention and improve retention, using a low-effort PowerPoint technique.
Who’s affected
- Teachers and instructors who present slides to students
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- #powerpoint
Revealing bullet points, graphs, and illustrations on a presentation slide one piece at a time as a teacher speaks can help students focus on the right information and remember more of a lesson, according to new research published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning . In…
Timeline
Study on sequential slide reveals published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
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Eye-tracking study suggests a simple PowerPoint technique can sharpen students’ focus