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Download full textClemons, Chris; Lindner, James R.; Murray, Bruce; Cook, Mike P.; Sams, Brandon; Williams, Gwendolyn – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2018
The purpose of the study was to examine the confluence of agricultural literacy, what it means to be agriculturally literate, and if a gap between agricultural literacy and being agriculturally literate existed. Two primary research questions framed this study: 1) How do agriculture professionals define agricultural literacy? 2) What does it mean…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Literacy, Agricultural Education, Knowledge Level
Talbott, Maria M.; Lee, Junghee – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Research terminology is an under-examined challenge in the teaching of social science research methods and statistics courses. An important problem in research terminology is that many of the common terms have more than one meaning in English, which students often confuse. For example, the words random, pretest, validity, and regression have more…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Statistics Education, Research Training, Research Methodology
Atkinson, Rhonda; And Others – 1993
Developed by the ABCs of Construction National Workplace Literacy Project, this fifth-grade level module teaches different kinds of vocabulary words encountered in work-related texts used by pipefitter trainees. The module covers the following topics: differences between general, specialized, and technical words; learning new words; drills for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Building Trades, Definitions, Dictionaries
Atkinson, Rhonda; And Others – 1993
Developed by the ABCs of Construction National Workplace Literacy Project, this fifth-grade level module teaches word attack skills for technical terms used by pipefitters, using word parts and root words. Basic information on structural analysis covers roots, prefixes and suffixes, its limitations, and defining words using structural analysis.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Building Trades, Definitions, Plumbing
Atkinson, Rhonda; And Others – 1993
Developed by the ABCs of Construction National Workplace Literacy Project, this fifth-grade level module teaches strategies for finding the meanings of compound words used in technical writing encountered by pipefitters. It also addresses working with words in context and finding definitions with a dictionary. Four exercises are provided. (YLB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Building Trades, Context Clues, Definitions
Atkinson, Rhonda; And Others – 1993
Developed by the ABCs of Construction National Workplace Literacy Project, these seven workbooks are designed to enhance the basic skills of pipefitters. Reading and Solving Basic Pipefitting Problems #1 defines and uses eight basic terms pipefitters need to know, reviews steps a pipefitter must take to identify and solve a simple pipefitting…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Building Trades, Definitions
