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A Study of Agricultural Literacy of Eleventh Grade Students in Ohio Rural Schools

Gower, Michael L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391608632

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1999, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Agricultural and Extension Education.
The purpose of this study was to assess the agricultural knowledge and perception toward agriculture of eleventh grade students in Ohio rural schools. The study further sought to determine differences in the level of agricultural knowledge and perception toward agriculture in the following groups: (a) students enrolled in agricultural education in schools with a secondary agricultural education program, (b) students not enrolled in agricultural education in schools with a secondary agricultural education program, and (c) students in schools without a secondary agricultural education program. Seventeen schools with a secondary agricultural education program and 15 schools without a secondary agricultural education program participated in the study. Responses were received from 716 students. The instrument used in the study was the Agricultural Awareness Instrument, which measured agricultural knowledge and perception toward agriculture of eleventh grade students. Internal consistency was calculated for the agricultural knowledge section (.90) and the perception toward agriculture section (.81). Findings for agricultural knowledge were as follows. The agricultural knowledge mean score for students enrolled in agricultural education in schools with a secondary agricultural education program was significantly different than the agricultural knowledge mean score of students not enrolled in agricultural education in schools with a secondary agricultural education program. The agricultural knowledge mean score for students enrolled in agricultural education in schools with a secondary agricultural education program was also significantly different than the agricultural knowledge mean score of students in schools without a secondary agricultural education program. Regression analysis indicated that seven demographic variables explained 22% of the variance in agricultural knowledge mean scores. Findings for perception toward agriculture were as follows. The perception mean score for students enrolled in agricultural education in schools with a secondary agricultural education program was significantly different than the perception mean score of students not enrolled in agricultural education in schools with a secondary agricultural education program. The perception mean score for students enrolled in agricultural education in schools with a secondary agricultural education program was also significantly different than the perception mean score of students in schools without a secondary agricultural education program. Regression analysis indicated that six demographic variables explained 21% of the variance in perception mean scores. Conclusions drawn from the study were as follows. (1) Agricultural education programs did make a difference in increasing basic agricultural knowledge of students; thus increasing their agricultural literacy. (2) Agricultural education programs did make a difference by allowing students to have a more positive perception toward agriculture; thus increasing their agricultural literacy.
Joseph A. Gliem (Advisor)
Wesley E. Budke (Committee Member)
104 p.
Agricultural Education

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  • Gower, M. L. (1999). A Study of Agricultural Literacy of Eleventh Grade Students in Ohio Rural Schools [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391608632

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gower, Michael. A Study of Agricultural Literacy of Eleventh Grade Students in Ohio Rural Schools. 1999. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391608632.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gower, Michael. "A Study of Agricultural Literacy of Eleventh Grade Students in Ohio Rural Schools." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391608632

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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