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A comparison of direct instruction and experiential learning techniques to assess agricultural knowledge and agricultural literacy gains in private school students.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A comparison of direct instruction and experiential learning techniques to assess agricultural knowledge and agricultural literacy gains in private school students./
Author:	Bradford, Timothy, Jr.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
Description:	171 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-09(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International77-09A(E).
Subject:	Agricultural education. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10100336
ISBN:	9781339642512

A comparison of direct instruction and experiential learning techniques to assess agricultural knowledge and agricultural literacy gains in private school students.
Bradford, Timothy, Jr.

A comparison of direct instruction and experiential learning techniques to assess agricultural knowledge and agricultural literacy gains in private school students. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 171 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-09(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Mississippi State University, 2016.

The United States has shifted from a once agrarian, to a predominantly urban society (Riedel, 2006). Currently, less than 2% of the U.S. population live on farms. Coupled with urbanization, this has contributed to the decline of an agriculturally literate population (EPA, 2013; Kovar & Ball, 2013). One strategy to alter the public's perception of agriculture and increase agricultural literacy is implementing an educational environment that promotes agricultural activities via experience (Blair, 2009). Experiential learning has been championed by prominent educational theorists John Dewey and David Kolb. Experiential learning is conceptualized as a process where relevant experiences are the foundation of learning and which allow for deeper connections between the learner and the subject. This study was a mixed methods design conducted at three private schools in Northeast Mississippi during the Spring of 2015. Tenth grade biology students were taught six (6) lessons contextualized in agriculture, with one group serving as a control group (no teaching), one group receiving direct instruction, and one group being provided with relevant experiences to agricultural topics.

ISBN: 9781339642512Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Agricultural education.

A comparison of direct instruction and experiential learning techniques to assess agricultural knowledge and agricultural literacy gains in private school students.
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