"I'm Ambivalent about It": The Dilemmas of PowerPoint

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-256

  Hill, Andrea ^a   Arford, Tammi ^a   Lubitow, Amy ^b   Smollin, Leandra M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

active learning; student engagement; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863004663     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X12444071     Document Type: Article

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