because of implications for improving agricultural students’ learning and finally problem solving, creativity and employability, nowadays the modern teaching methods are a matter of great concern. therefore, this study explored the effect of teaching methods on learning of agricultural students in campus of agriculture and natural resources, university of tehran. the study was carried out durin...

SYNTHESIS OF BIODIESEL: A CONTEXTUALIZED EXPERIMENT PROPOSAL FOR THE GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY. The contextualized understanding of concepts in Chemistry by students from other areas is a challenging task. In this experiment, the synthesis of biodiesel is done by base catalyzed transesterification of refined soy oil with methanol at room temperature and common glassware found in any chemistr...

due to the increasing number of telegram social network users in iran especially among the young and educated people, it seems that the study of use of such networks is important particularly in educational activities. given the importance of the issue, the purpose of this descriptive- correlative research was to study the factors affecting students’ intention to use telegram social network in ...

OBJECTIVE Develop and test a farm health and injury prevention educational intervention for high school agriculture students. SETTING Twenty one high schools in Kentucky, Iowa, and Mississippi. METHODS A quasiexperimental crossover design was used to test the effectiveness of two sets of instructional materials designed through participatory action research with agriculture teachers and stu...

Today, more minority students are entering undergraduate programs than ever before, but they earn only 6% of all science or engineering PhDs awarded in the United States. Many studies suggest that hands-on research activities enhance students' interest in pursuing a research career. In this paper, we present a model for the implementation of laboratory research in the undergraduate teaching lab...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of agricultural literacy materials designed for the Incubators in the Classroom program used in Indiana fourth grade classrooms. The objectives were to determine the impact of these materials on the agriculture-related science concepts knowledge level of fourth grade students and the impact of these materials on the agriculture-relate...

The teaching environment for plant pathology is changing in both positive and negative ways. Teaching expectations are increasing and resources are decreasing, but recent educational research and instructional technology offer new approaches to meet these challenges. Plant pathologists are teaching courses that may attract new students to the discipline or at least improve agricultural awarenes...

INTRODUCTION The University of Florida (UF) has 13 satellite programs where various undergraduate degrees are offered in the agricultural fi elds. The development of these programs is part of an overall strategy to reach students who are place-bound due to jobs, families, or other community responsibilities. While development of degree programs at off campus research and education centers does ...