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C.M. Estepp; R. W. Dickson; D. M. Johnson – NACTA Journal, 2022
Online courses have proliferated in higher education, which has provided greater opportunities for institutions and students. However, student attrition from online programs has been a perennial problem. One potential solution to help increase retention is to improve student satisfaction. Instructor characteristics, technology, and self-regulated…
Descriptors: College Students, Horticulture, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette. – 1987
This document contains teacher's materials for an 8-unit course in greenhouse management for 11th and 12th graders. The units are as follows: Producing Annual Bedding Plants; Foliage Plants; General Greenhouse Management; Poinsettia Production; Vegetable Bedding Plant Production: Tomatoes, Peppers, and Eggplants; Production of Potted…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Greenhouses, High Schools, Nurseries (Horticulture)
Simmons, J. C. – Agricultural Education, 1977
Due to increasing urbanization of the area, focus of the vocational agriculture department at Zachary High School, near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has changed from production agriculture to ornamental horticulture. The area supervisor describes the facilities for student instruction and work experience in the school's greenhouses and grounds. (MF)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Development, Grounds Keepers, Landscaping
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Haines, Sarah; Kilpatrick, Cynthia – Science and Children, 2007
At the start of each school year at Oil City Elementary Magnet School in Oil City, Louisiana, eager students ask, "What's our theme this year?" This curiosity comes from their expectations that they will study a different environmental concept each year. Kindergarten classes learn to "Be a Friend to the Earth," followed by life…
Descriptors: Meteorology, Teaching Methods, Scores, Science Achievement
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 1975
The curriculum guide consists of three courses of study in vocational agriculture at three different levels: (1) farmer training, (2) off-farm agriculture, and (3) pre-college preparation for professional careers in agriculture. The basic programs of study in agriculture 1 and 2 emphasize agricultural sciences, leadership, and exploratory work in…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Behavioral Objectives
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1983
This curriculum guide, the third volume of the series, outlines the basic program of vocational agriculture for Louisiana students in the ninth and tenth grades. Covered in the five units on plant science are growth processes of plants, cultural practices for plants, insects affecting plants, seed and plant selection, and diseases that affect…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry