P06: How the Design of Presentation Slides Affects Audience Comprehension

• Publisher: Joanna K. Garner and Michael P. Alley / IJEE
• Source: Original page or paper
• Published: 2013
• Accessed: 2026-10-22
• Evidence class: Primary empirical paper, full text read
• Read status: primary_page_or_paper_opened_and_relevant_content_read

Finding

A study of 110 engineering students found comprehension and delayed-recall advantages for the tested assertion–evidence slide package.

Limits

MRI instruction with identical narration. Several design principles changed together. No comparison with McKinsey/Minto and no executive-decision outcome.