Volume 57 - Number 1, March 2013

 

1   March 2013 Issue
  Rick Parker

2   NACTA Cover
  Rick Parker

3   NACTA Info/Table of Contents
  Rick Parker

4   Stakeholders’ Perspectives: Students’ Perceptions of Retention Efforts in a College of Agriculture
  J.R. Dunn, B.J. Hains and R.B Epps

5   Student Organization Sponsored Dog Training Classes Provide Experiential Learning Opportunity for Students and Community Participants
  Lisa K. Karr-Lilienthal, Kristin Norwood and Jill Morstad

6   Actual Versus Preferred Laboratory Classroom Practices: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Laboratory Classroom Teaching at the Post-Secondary Level
  Sarah E. Burleson and Brian E. Myers

7   Technology Integration in an Agriculture Associate’s Degree Program: A Case Study Guided by Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation
  T.A. Drape, D. Westfall-Rudd, S.Doak, J. Guthrie and P. Mykerezi

8   Perceptions of Food Safety and Curricular Offerings
  Cheryl J. Wachenheim and Kimberly Beauchamp

9   Student Perceptions and Performance of an Online Tool Introducing the Concepts of Plant Breeding
  Mirayda Torres-Avila, Annie L.E. Davis, Mitch Tuinstra and Lori J. Unruh Snyder

10   Using Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) to Share International Experiences: Faculty Perceptions and Best Practices in a College of Agriculture
  Theresa Pesl Murphrey, M’Randa R. Sandlin, James R. Lindner and Kim E. Dooley

11   Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Academic Performance among Students in an Entry-Level Crop Science Course
  Travis Sondgerath and Lori J. Unruh Snyder

12   The USDA Scholars Program: Innovations in a Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  Deborah J. Good, Christina M. McIntyre and Mary A. Marchant

13   Modeling Teaching Techniques: Preservice Nonformal Educators’ Adoption of Techniques that will Influence Employability of their Future Audiences
  Carla B. Jagger and Susie Whittington

14   Response-Shift Bias in Critical Thinking
  Brandi K. Phillips and Brian E. Myers

15   Agricultural Education Students’ Acceptance and Self-Efficacy of Mobile Technology in Classrooms
  Travis L. Irby and Robert Strong

16   Factors that Influence Student Decisions to Enroll in a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
  John Rayfield, Theresa Pesl Murphrey, Chris Skaggs and Josh Shafer

17   NACTA Reprint - NACTA 1983
  David L. Kittrell and Gary E. Moore

18   Teaching Tips/Notes
  Rick Parker

19   Book Reviews
  Rick Parker

20   Back Cover
  Rick Parker

 
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