Does a Math-Enhanced Curriculum and Instructional Approach Diminish Students' Attainment of Technical Skills? A Year-Long Experimental Study in Agricultural Power and Technology

Autor/inn/en	Young, R. Brent; Edwards, M. Craig; Leising, James G.
Titel	Does a Math-Enhanced Curriculum and Instructional Approach Diminish Students' Attainment of Technical Skills? A Year-Long Experimental Study in Agricultural Power and Technology
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 50 (2009) 1, S.116-126 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Education; Technology Education; Secondary School Curriculum; Alignment (Education); Integrated Curriculum; Relevance (Education); Mathematical Concepts; Control Groups; Research Design; Statistical Significance; Teaching Methods; Comparative Analysis; Oklahoma + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Relevance; Relevanz; Forschungsdesign; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to empirically test the posit that students who participated in a contextualized, mathematics-enhanced high school agricultural power and technology (APT) curriculum and aligned instructional approach would not differ significantly (p less than 0.05) in their technical competence from students who participated in the traditional APT curriculum and instruction. This study included teachers and students from 32 high schools in Oklahoma (16 experimental classrooms; 16 control classrooms). Students were enrolled in an APT course during the 2004-2005 school year. The experimental design used was a posttest only control group; unit of analysis was the classroom. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the study's null hypothesis. The measure of students' technical competence did not reveal results that held statistical significance and supported use of the experimental treatment. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Agricultural Education. P.O. Box 7607, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Raleigh, NC 27695. Web site: http://www.aaaeonline.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10