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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Agriculture Students"”.
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Beekeeping for vocational agriculture students
… or do not contain sufficient material for students of Vocational Agriculture who wish to study beekeeping. It is the intent of this thesis to consolidate and organize factual information for class use by teachers, to suggest a few student problems and activities, and to develop a course …
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Determining agriculture students' motivations for choosing a college
… of high school juniors and seniors enrolled in agriculture classes at three central Illinois schools. A total of 78 students were given surveys out of a total sample size of 81 potential participants. The results showed that students who plan to continue their education in agriculture have …
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Effects of Biological Principles Integration on Achievement and Attitudes of Secondary Agriculture Students
… study was to determine how well instruction in agriculture and in biology could be integrated in a high school agriculture setting. This purpose was accomplished by testing the effect of the incorporation of biological principles instruction into a problem area in vocational agriculture on …
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Effects of the Problem-Solving Approach on Achievement, Retention, and Attitudes of Vocational Agriculture Students in Illinois
… teaching a selected problem area of vocational agriculture. Student achievement, retention, and attitudes toward the teaching method were used as criteria to determine the effectiveness of the two approaches. A secondary purpose of this study was to compare the time required to complete …
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A follow-up study of Virginia vocational agriculture students who received the American farmer degree since 1928
Although the minimum qualifications for election to the American Farmer Degree have remained essentially the same during the last ten years, the actual achievements the candidates for the American Farmer Degree have increased beyond these minimums.
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Relationship Between University Student Characteristics and Water Conservation Behaviors
… of this study was to determine college-age students’ perceptions about water resource usage, their personal levels of active engagement in water conservation, and if any differences existed between agriculture students and non-agriculture students. This study utilized an online quantitative …
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A follow-up study to determine the relationship between high school supervised occupational experience programs in agriculture and establishment in occupations
… occupational experience programs of vocational agriculture students contribute to establishment in an occupation? Do the perceptions of the supervised occupational experience programs held by former students relate to their supervised occupational experience programs? The population selected for …
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Academic Achievement of Agricultural Mechanics Students Using Computer-Assisted Versus Written Review and Testing
… achievement gains of secondary vocational agriculture students. The study was conducted to provide further information on a type of computer-assisted instruction which would support or refute current research findings in computer-assisted instruction.
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Vocational agriculture student benefits from agricultural activities on school farms
… study was to ascertain the benefits vocational agriculture students receive from agriculture activities on a school farm. A selected sample of 68 vocational agriculture departments operating school farms from the four-state region of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska was utilized in this …
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A study of the guidance needs of former students of vocational agriculture in Southwest Virginia
… made to determine the guidance needs of former students of vocational agriculture. It was hoped that information gained by this study would be of use to guidance workers in the improvement of guidance services in the high schools, Too, it was hoped that agriculture instructors could use the …
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What do I want to be when I grow up? Exploring influencing factors on high school students’ agricultural career considerations
… considerations. A survey of 817 high school agriculture students in Illinois supplied data for the study. Researchers then evaluated the data through a series of hierarchical logistic regression analyses. The trends in the data coupled with a review of previous work, provides insights to …
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An exploration of agricultural education as an effective tool for developing students with special needs
… indicate that nearly one-fourth of secondary agriculture students have specific learning disabilities (Pense, Watson, & Wakefield, 2010). When one considers the ever-evolving rate that special education students are included in the secondary agriculture classroom, there is a continuing need to …
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"Establishing Online and Mobile Based Agriculture and Natural Resource Education Modules: A New Model for Design and Delivery to Impact Student and Faculty Success"
… consensus, three expert panels (undergraduate agriculture students, secondary agriculture teachers, and post secondary agriculture education faculty) identified the vital components for online course frameworks addressing instructional design, application of course content, and collaborative …
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Perceptions of college students at two-year institutions toward recruitment visits by a campus representative as an effective recruitment tool for the four-year institution
… agricultural education programs and colleges of agriculture as a whole, more information needs to be known about the most effective methods of recruiting students to agricultural education programs at four-year institutions. Recruitment is not only an important topic to agricultural education …
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A Mixed-Method Approach of Exploring the Ways Food Access Impacts the Quality of Life of College of Agriculture and Life Science Students at Virginia Tech
… exploring how these barriers play a role in students' Quality of Life (QoL) can help improve a student's success while in school. Little research has been done on food access and its impact on QoL, and research is completely absent in regard to its effects on agriculture students …
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Factors associated with membership and non-membership status in FFA of black Americans from selected NFA states
… were 602 black tenth grade vocational students from 66 high schools in five former NFA states. Criteria for selection of high schools were: (a) must have a high school vocational agriculture program; and (b) must have at least 10 per cent black enrollment in vocational agriculture. Data …
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A proposed record keeping system for supervised farming programs in Montgomery County, Virginia
… and developing a record keeping system for students of vocational agriculture to use in their supervised farming programs. The study was made in Montgomery County, Virginia. It involved the close cooperation of the Montgomery County Agriculture Teachers Association, which is composed of …
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The influence of self-esteem and selected demographic characteristics on the academic achievement of freshman students in the College of Agriculture at a Research-Extensive University
… self-esteem and academic achievement among students at the freshman level in the College of Agriculture at a Research-Extensive University in the Southern Region of the United States. The sample of the study was all students at one selected Research-Extensive University enrolled in the …
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An Investigation of the Practice of Scientific Inquiry in Secondary Science and Agriculture Courses
… inquiry in two secondary biology classes and one agriculture class from different schools in different communities. The focus was on teachers' interests and intentions for the students' participation in inquiry, the voices contributing to the inquiry, and students' opportunities to confront their …
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The National FFA Building our American Communities Program: characteristics of selected 1983 BOAC projects, program participants, FFA chapters, schools, and communities
… 1971 by the Future Farmers of America to involve agriculture students in their communities. Considerable financial and human resources have supported BOAC program operations for the past 13 years, yet there is a lack of knowledge as to who has been participating in the program, what resources have …
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