Recently added articles from NACTA Journal:
Note from Editor
Mar 01, 2008; ... NACTA Journal (ISSN 0149-4910) is published quarterly by the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (formerly the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture). It is directed toward the scholarship of teaching and learning in agricultural, environmental, natural and ...
A Comparison of Evaluation of Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) Instruction and Live Instruction in Third Grade Classrooms
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of third grade students receiving classroom instruction from a teacher, along with hands-on learning materials and live animals, versus the same instruction taught from a recorded lecture on a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) ...
The Influence of Laboratory Experience Timing on Student Knowledge-Level Achievement in an Undergraduate Introductory Agricultural Mechanics Course
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract Instructors often reflect upon their teaching techniques as they begin the process of constructing a course that contains both a lecture component and a laboratory experience. Often instructors are placed in a situation, due to limited resources, where laboratory activities can ...
Analysis of an Early Field Experience in Agricultural Education in Collaboration with a Local High School
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine if a four-day early field experience was educative, as perceived by the participating teacher candidates and if it was structured in a way which allowed teacher candidates to identify individual strengths and weaknesses. Specifically, ...
Learning from Assessment: Effect of Changes in an Online Course in Agri-Sales on Students' Perceptions and Performance1
Mar 01, 2008; ... Abstract Student satisfaction with, and performance in, a first-offer online agri-sales course was compared with that of students enrolled in a simultaneously-taught classroom course. Online and classroom students were equally satisfied with the course and the instructor using most ...