Evaluating the Fitness of Lecturing with Powerpoint Presentations for Accounting Education- Research at Sakarya University-

In the study, it was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the lecturing via powerpoint presentations in accounting education. The questionnaire study prepared with this purpose was applied to the students at the Departments of Economics and Finance within the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and at the Departments of Business Administration and Tourism within the Faculty of Business Administration at Sakarya University. By means of the questionnaire applied, the traditional lecturing method and lecturing with PowerPoint presentations were comparatively evaluated in terms of efficiency and achievement factors. The results of the study were also evaluated according to students’ departments, grades and genders. The questionnaire data was analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis Test, Independent Sample T test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Tukey test and as a result of the analyses, it was determined that there was a significant difference between the teaching methods and the grades students got in accounting education. Moreover it was determined that there is not a significant difference between the students’ thoughts about Powerpoint presentations and traditional method in terms of their genders and class.