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    title: evaluation of the effectiveness of the pesticide applicator certication training program of the Texas structural pest control board
  name:
    name part: Renchie, Don La Rosa.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1998
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xv, 147 leaves ; 28 cm.
  abstract: effectiveness of the Texas structural pesticide applicator certification training program in preparing license candidates for the General Standards Examination. Specific objectives of this study were to determine: l ) the demographics of the license applicants (trainees), 2) the demographics of structural pesticide applicator certification training program course providers', 3) the audiological practices and delivery methods used by course providers; and 4) which audiological practices and delivery methods were most elective in preparing license candidates for the General Standards Examination. Methodology The populations were all license applicants during l 996 and all course providers who conducted training programs during l996. The study included l ,303 license applicants and 11 course providers. Descriptive statistics were used to report Endings related to demographics of participants and course providers. Frequencies and distributions were used to develop profiles of the participants and the course providers. Correlational techniques were used to determine relationships between and among demographic data and participant performance. Also, course provider data relating to audiological practices and delivery methods used were examined using nonrelational techniques. Major Findings The major findings of the study were as follows: Applicator candidates in Texas were a diverse group. Sixty-five percent were between 20 and 39 years of age, 98% had high school or higher educations, and 80% had less than one year of experience in the pest control industry. The structural pesticide applicator certification training program was elective in preparing license applicants for the General Standards Examination. Structural pesticide applicator certification training course providers were experienced instructors. They had an average of l 0 years formal teaching experience. Structural pesticide applicator certification training course providers were experienced in the pest contr…
  note: by Don La Rosa Renchie.
  note: Vita.
  note: "Major Subject: Agricultural Education".
  note: Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc.
  note: Ph. D. Texas A&M University 1998.
  note: Includes bibliographical references: pages 106-111.
  subject:
    topic: Major agricultural education
  identifier: 99-03189 UMI
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  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 990402
    record change date: 20190325093418.0
    record identifier: in00001463506