The survey with 54 responses from 94 students
revealed an overall high satisfaction rate with the JiTT
activity and formative assessment of pre-lecture
PowerPoint preparation. The majority (67.3%) either
strongly (25.5%) or agreed (41.8%) that the pre-lecture
PowerPoint presentation was helpful for their
understanding of the lecture content, and 60% thought
it was overall a valuable and effective learning activity.
This is not as high as reported by Gavrin in his JiTT
classes (80% replied “yes” to the question whether JiTT
exercises help to be well prepared for the lecture
(Novak, 2011, p. 71) but was a good result for this
approach to JiTT through the use of PowerPoint. The
quizzes were the most popular aspect of the blended
learning approach and JiTT strategy in the course.
79.6% of surveyed students either “strongly agreed”
(22.2%) or “agreed” (57.4%) that the quizzes on the
LMS were most valuable for student learning, followed
with 64.8% by the lecture learning modules (22.2% and
42.6% respectively). The survey also showed that most
students (66.6%) used the lecture modules on a regular
basis and that 63% of students thought that the lecture
modules were “very helpful for their understanding of
the upcoming lecture content” (strongly agreed: 20.4%;
agreed: 42.6%).
Here are some typical comments of students who
found the JiTT assignment of a PowerPoint
presentation in conjunction with the use of material in
the lecture module helpful: