The purpose of this study was to determine if applying set induction to the
beginning of a lesson would have an effect on student knowledge, attitude, and/or
engagement levels throughout the lesson. Researchers addressed specific objectives in
this report to determine if using a set induction at the beginning of a lesson will have a
significant effect on students? attained knowledge levels, to determine if using a set
induction at the beginning of a lesson will have a significant effect on students?
attitudinal perspectives towards the lesson, to determine if using a set induction at the
beginning of a lesson will have a significant effect on student?s engagement levels
throughout the lesson. To address these objectives, a quasi?experimental study using
four separate agricultural education classrooms was conducted. Descriptive and
comparative analyses were then performed on all participating groups.
The results of this study illustrate the following conclusions: (a) there is no
significant difference in student knowledge between the treatment and control groups; (b)
there is no significant difference in student attitude between the treatment and control groups; (c) the group that received the set induction was more engaged than the group
that did not.
These findings have implications to agricultural educators in designing lesson
plans that can better engage students from the start. The results are also significant to
researchers in this field in that they may choose to further their studies in this area of
focus. Additional collected data could be to be extremely useful to those studying the use
and effects of set inductions in classroom methodologies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2008-12-97 |
| Date | 14 January 2010 |
| Creators | Johnston, Tiffany Sarah Lavern |
| Contributors | Roberts, T. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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