Assessing Use of PowerPoint by Teacher Candidates in Teaching Mathematics Mimih Aminah (a*), Eva Tri Wahyuni (a)
a)Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika, STKIP Sebelas April Sumedang, Jl. Angkrek Situ No. 19, Sumedang 45323, Indonesia
* mimih.aminah[at]yahoo.co.id
Abstract
The use of PowerPoint technology in the classroom has become very popular today because it is considered to enhance teaching quality. However, its use is not free from criticism with the emergence of phrases such as PowerPoint is Evil and Death by PowerPoint. Mathematics and teaching-learning mathematics have certain characteristics, therefore, the creation and execution of presentation in the class with PowerPoint format requires certain handling as well. This study intends to explore students perceptions and teachers judgments on the use of PowerPoint in mathematics learning by teacher candidates. Participants in this study were 14 teacher candidates, 5 math teachers, and 421 students in two vocational high schools. The student questionnaire result shows that with PowerPoint presentations, in general, students: (1) are motivated and helped to learn math, (2) value the management of slide shows quite well, but (3) tend to only listen to the teacher during the learning process, and (5) feel that sometimes lessons are easier with PowerPoint, sometimes not. Teachers observation result shows that most of the presentations of the teacher candidate are good enough in terms of material suitability and arrangement aspects, the use of mathematical language and symbols, animation, and student involvement.
Keywords: Microsoft PowerPoint, teacher candidate, teaching mathematics, students perceptions, teachers judgments
