Pilot testing of a new design for presentation slides to teach science and engineering

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Alley, Michael ^a   Schreiber, Madeline ^a   Muffo, John ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Large classes; Powerpoint; Presentation slides; Sentence headlines; Slide design

Indexed keywords

LARGE CLASSES; PRESENTATION SLIDES; SENTENCE HEADLINES; SLIDE DESIGN;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33947252794     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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