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Download full textLUTZ, ARLEN E.; STONECIPHER, CHARLES L. – 1965
THIS STUDY SOUGHT TO APPRAISE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRESENTING LIVESTOCK FEEDING INFORMATION BY TELEVISION. AUDIENCES OF "OUTLOOK" TELECASTS IN THE OMAHA AND SIOUX CITY AREAS RATED EXTENSION ECONOMISTS ON AN 18-ITEM SOURCE CREDIBILITY CHECKLIST WITH A SEVEN-POINT SCALE. RATING SHEETS WERE RETURNED BY 26 PERSONS AT OMAHA AND 40 AT SIOUX…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Extension Agents
Ahlschwede, Margrethe P. – 1970
Conducted in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this study investigated whether low income Negro homemakers would be more receptive to an information bulletin that reflects their way of life than to a bulletin that did not. Subjects (16 in the first phase and 29 in the second phase of the bulletin pretest) marked the booklet ("Moving to the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bibliographies, Blacks, Bulletins
Shearon, Ronald W. – 1969
This study analyzed variance in county extension chairmen's (CEC) conformity to an administrative performance leadership (APL) concept of their role. Relationships between APL and agent morale and performance, CEC attributes, and CEC relationships with agents, were assessed. Results were reexamined after adjusting for effects of sex, level of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Evaluation, Extension Agents, Factor Analysis
MILLERD, FRANK W.; VERNER, COOLIE – 1966
THIS STUDY ANALYZED THE GENERAL BEHAVIOR OF ORCHARDISTS IN THE OKANAGAN VALLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND THE FACTORS RELATED TO ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS IN THIS SETTING. FIVE PERCENT SAMPLES WERE DRAWN FROM 19 DISTRICTS CONSISTING OF 2,721 ORCHARDS, AND DATA WERE GATHERED BY RESIDENT AGRICULTURISTS. THE DATA WERE ANALYZED BY STAGE IN THE ADOPTION…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adults, Diffusion, Educational Television
BROWN, EMORY J.; HARTMAN, JOEL – 1968
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY CONDUCTED A FIVE YEAR (1961-66) AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROJECT IN TWO PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES. THIS PAPER REPORTED THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. USING THE CRITERION OF ADOPTION OF SELECTED AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES BY SURROUNDING FARMERS, THEY ATTEMPTED TO MEASURE THE INFLUENCE OF 17…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agricultural Education, Analysis of Variance, Dairy Farmers
PDF pending restorationCanadian Inst. for Adult Education, Montreal (Quebec). – 1969
A bilingual document summarizes 118 Canadian nondegree research studies (both completed and in progress) in adult education in 1968. There are 35 completed studies on adult dropouts, adult educator training, rural extension, secondary education, university extension, apprenticeships, inservice teacher education, residential education, manpower…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Educational Methods
TULLY, JOAN. – 1966
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION HAS LONG ASSUMED THAT IF FARMERS ARE GIVEN INFORMATION, SOME WILL USE IT, AND THAT IDEAS WILL DIFFUSE FROM INNOVATORS TO OTHER FARMERS. HOWEVER, RESEARCH FINDINGS INDICATE THAT ABOUT 16 PERCENT OF FARMING POPULATIONS USE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND THAT WIDESPREAD DIFFUSION MAY TAKE UP TO 10 YEARS. DIFFERING VALUES AND…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Attitudes, Behavior Change
