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Scanlon, Dennis C.; Newcomb, L. H. – 1983
A study investigated the effect that task instruction sheets had on the performance of vocational horticulture students when being taught a unit on poinsettia production. Using a post-test only control group design, researchers administered a 35-item multiple choice test on poinsettia production to 207 students in 12 randomly selected eleventh…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Horticulture, Instructional Materials
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Scanlon, Dennis C.; Newcomb, L. H. – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1983
In recent years, managing a vocational laboratory has become an increasingly difficult and complex task facing many vocational educators. Specialized instructional areas, diverse groups of students, and extended laboratory time have caused educators to seek alternate ways of providing practical "hands-on" instruction when traditional supervised…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competency Based Education, Grade 11, Horticulture
Scanlon, Dennis C.; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1985
Scanlon and Baggett suggest a basic rationale for serving handicapped students. Downey reviews programs offered to disadvantaged and handicapped at Valley Vocational Technical Center, Fishersville, Virginia. Other articles focus on greenhouse crop production, support services in Pennsylvania, accommodation of the physically handicapped student,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Attitudes toward Disabilities