Effects of the Problem-Solving Approach on Achievement, Retention, and Attitudes of Vocational Agriculture Students in Illinois

Purpose. The primary purpose of this study was to compare the effects of the problem solving approach and the subject matter approach to 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 instruction in the selected problem area using the two teaching approaches.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Flowers, James L.

• Education, Agricultural

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8701489

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69084