The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 mandated that states develop a system of performance measures and standards to be used for program evaluation and improvement. The purpose of this study was to examine the systems of performance measures and standards that each state had approved in response to the Perkins Act of 1990 for secondary vocational...

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The initial component of a volunteer administration model is identification. Potential volunteers must be identified before they can be recruited, screened, selected, oriented, educated, empowered, recognized, evaluated or retained. Identifying who is most likely to volunteer is a key component of a volunteer recruitment initiative. Additionally, it is important to determine if differences exis...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the problem solving approach to the subject matter approach in producing increased problem solving ability in students of varying learning styles. Results indicated that the majority of males were field-independent learners, whereas slightly less than half of the female students were field-independent (48.8%). Results also indicated ...

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This study was designed to determine the extent of hearing loss experienced by high school agriculture teachers in West Virginia, and the hearing conservation practices used by those teachers and their students. Data regarding teacher training and characteristics were collected and teachers were tested for auditory sensitivity. More than three-fourths of the teachers tested were found to have h...

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between Arkansas agriculture teachers’ perceptions of the effects of offering science credit for agriculture and their support for offering science credit for agriculture. Vroom’s (1964) expectancy theory of human motivation formed the theoretical framework for the study. The results indicated that: (a) Arkansas agriculture teachers strongl...

Numerous changes have occurred in agricultural education in an attempt to revitalize and revolutionize the way we teach agriculture. In this regard, the strategic planning process directed educators to move programs toward a more holistic view of the teaching of agriculture. The findings in this study indicate that teachers in Pennsylvania want to develop a strategic plan for the state. Moreove...