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  title info:
    title: Computer utilization in teaching principles of food science and agriculture in post secondary and extension education
  name:
    name part: Curtis, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann)
    name part: 1952-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Denton, James H.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Gardner, Fred
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Litzenberg, Kerry K.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Mellor, David B.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Seaman, Don F.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Academic theses
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1985
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: x, 129 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
  abstract: Computer utilization in teaching principles of food science and agriculture in post secondary and extension education was evaluated by (1) determining the current level of computer literacy of undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture at Texas A&M University (2) evaluating a computer simulation in a food microbiology laboratory and (3) testing the acceptance of computer aided extension education programs by county extension agents. A computer literacy assessment tool was developed to determine the current level of computer literacy of students enrolled in agriculture classes at Texas A&M University. The computer literacy assessment tool was administered to groups of students from 19 departments in the College of Agriculture at Texas A&M University during the spring semester of 1985. Seniors scored significantly higher on the computer literacy assessment test than the other undergraduates. Freshman and sophomores took more computer classes and used computers more while in high school than juniors and seniors. Hardware and software scores do not differ significantly between freshman, sophomores and juniors. Scores for programming and agriculture computer uses of freshmen and seniors differ significantly. Scores for programming and agriculture computer uses of sophomores and juniors do not differ significantly from freshmen or seniors. To evaluate the value of computer aided instruction as a supplemental teaching tool, a computer lab simulation program from the Food and Nutrition Department at Oregon State University was modified for use as a food microbiology lab simulation. This computer simulation allowed students to "test" a variety of samples using several laboratory techniques. Based on the scores from a lab quiz, the computer simulation for the food microbiology laboratory proved to be significantly more effective than the normal lab procedures used by the control group. In an attempt to test the acceptance of computer aided instruction by a selected …
  note: "Major subject: Food Science and Technology."
  note: Typescript (photocopy).
  note: Vita.
  note: Ph. D. Texas A & M University 1985
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-70).
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
    topic: Computer-assisted instruction
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
    topic: Study and teaching (Continuing education)
    topic: Data processing
  subject:
    topic: Major food science and technology
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  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-439101
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  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 870113
    record change date: 20220103135025.0
    record identifier: in00000415152
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng