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Research Reports
Pre-Kindergarten - 8th Grade
2004-6/1 - Elementary Student Outcomes Of A Year-Long
The researchers of this quasi-experiment sought to
determine the effects of a year-long agroecosystem
unit on student comprehension, application of
knowledge, interest motivation, and interest in
cooperative learning.
2003-6/1 - An Examination of Elementary Teacher's and
The purpose of this study was to determine the
extent to which elementary school teachers’ and
agricultural literacy coordinators’ beliefs of agriculture
are related to the nature and scope (e.g., topics,
activities, and number of lessons) of integrating
agriculture into their instruction.
2002-9/1 - Impacts of Agricultural Literacy Programs
Investigate the impact of Ag Literacy Programs on the
perception of elementary and junior high school
teachers in Illinois.
The primary purpose of this proposal was to
investigate the impact of Agricultural Literacy
programs on Illinois elementary and junior high school
teachers’ perceptions of the agriculture industry.
Secondary(High School)
2009-10/1 - Illinois Ag Teacher Exit Survey for 2009
2009-8/4 - ISU Agriculture Student Survey Report
The purpose of this research is to gain insights into
the decision process attracting students to enroll in
the agriculture curriculum leading to a career in
the agriculture sector. The findings will be used by
Vision for Illinois Agriculture to develop
communication strategies to assure an adequate
supply of qualified employees to support the needs
of the Illinois agriculture sector.
2009-6/30 - Final Report for 2009 Teacher Retention Study
This study was conducted to create a longitudinal
dataset to be utilized to highlight or predict trends
within the beginning agriculture teachers in Illinois.
Similar data was collected in the 2005-2006, 2006-
2007 and 2007-2008 academic years. Data was
collected from the “Program Development for Entry
Level Teachers in Agricultural Education” course
(AgEd 500).
Future prospects for employment in agriculture
related fields are good. Providing employers with an
adequate supply of quality employees is one of the
roles of agriculture education. To accomplish this,
adequate numbers of students must be encouraged
to pursue agriculture as a field of education.
This study was conducted to create a longitudinal
dataset to be utilized to highlight or predict trends
within the beginning agriculture teachers in Illinois.
Similar data was collected in the 2005-2006 and
2006-2007 academic years. Data was collected from
the “Program Development for Entry Level Teachers
in Agricultural Education” course (AgEd 500). The
course began with 21 participants and ended with 21
participants by year’s end, so the dataset was
finalized with 21usable surveys.
2007-10/29 - Agricultural Mechanics Laboratory Safety Initiative
The data collection stage of this project successfully
yielded 14 usable surveys out of a possible 15. The
actual response rate for this project was 93%. The
project director determined there were 15 individuals
that decided to leave the profession in 2007. There
were 55 actual state-wide openings. The project
director was able to locate personal information for
15 out of the 15 individuals to be utilized for data
collection.
This study was conducted to create a longitudinal
dataset to be utilized to highlight or predict trends
within the beginning agriculture teachers in Illinois.
Similar data was collected in the 2005-2006 academic
year. Data was collected from the “Program
Development for Entry Level Teachers in Agricultural
Education” course (AgEd 500). The course began with
19 participants and ended with 14 participants by
year’s end.
2007-7/2 - A Descriptive Study of Agriculture Teachers'
The purpose of this study was to analyze agriculture
teachers’ awareness of biotechnology and the future
of biotechnology education in Illinois. The objectives
of the survey were to analyze the awareness level of
biotechnology, benefits, barriers, and the future of
biotechnology education in Illinois and the
demographic characteristics of Illinois agricultural
education teachers surveyed in this study.
2007-6/29 - Identifying Educational Needs of Learning
Students with learning disabilities in the United
States have increased dramatically in recent years,
from 0.75 million in 1976 to 2.41 million in 2002
(Biddle, 2006; Swanson, 1999; U.S. Department
of Education, 2004). Overall, the learning disabled
currently encompass almost half of the special
education population in schools, 2.9 million in 2003
(National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2003).
2007-6/19 - Revelance of The Comprehensive Agricultural
Agricultural education is grounded on a
comprehensive education model of contextual,
applied, and experiential learning (Knobloch, 2003).
The comprehensive model of agricultural education
has three components: Classroom & Laboratory
Instruction; Supervised Agricultural Experience; and
FFA (Phipps & Osborne, 1988; Talbert, Vaughn, &
Croom, 2005). This tripartite model develops
problem-solving skills, entrepreneurship, and life and
career skills in high school students.
2007-6/19 - Revelance of The Comprehensive Agricultural
Since the Smith Hughes Act was established, the
programs of high school agricultural education have
included three integral components: 1) classroom
and laboratory instruction; 2) student participation
in the FFA; and 3) student involvement in
agricultural experiences (Kapes, 1984).
2006-12/19 - Agriculture Teacher Exit Survey for The Year 2006
The data collection stage of this project successfully
yielded 11 usable surveys out of a possible 15. The
actual response rate for this project was 73%. The
project director determined there were 16
individuals that decided to leave the profession after
the 2005-2006 academic year, out of the actual 41
state-wide openings. The project director was able
to locate addresses for 15 out of the 16 individuals
to be utilized for data collection.
2006-6/16 - Final Report for The Teacher Retention Study
The study that assessed teacher retention among
beginning teachers in Illinois has been completed.
Data was collected on four specific dates from 31
participants. Data was collected from the participants
who were enrolled in the AgEd 675 course during
the 2005-2006 academic year. Participants were
asked to assess their own confidence levels on 14
different variables during the months of October,
December, January, and March.
The researchers of this study sought to discover
opportunities for agriculture educators to teach about
sustainable agriculture and business through study of
an Extension program of similar purpose. The sample
included sixteen adults who were either farming or
who wished to become farmers and three program
facilitators.
2005-8/26 - Preparation of Student Teachers To Work With
The purpose of the study was to describe the degree
to which the involved agricultural education programs
prepared their students to work with diverse
populations. The study also examined attitudes and
beliefs of the student teachers regarding diversity. It
was revealed that student teachers were placed at
sites that were almost all White and were themselves
from high schools with the same demographics.
The goal of the present study is to discover and
compare the self-perceived inservice need as viewed
by traditionally certified and provisionally certified
agriculture teachers in Illinois.
2005-6/10 - Inservice Study Final Report
The purpose of this study was to assess and
prioritize the present inservice needs as well as
evaluate the past inservice programming for
agricultural education programs in the state of
Illinois. It is also important to compare the past
history of inservice programs to determine if
inservice needs have changed. The results of this
study were to be used to design inservice
workshops and conferences for agricultural
instructors in future years.
2005-6/10 - Block Scheduling Final Report
The block scheduling study received 229 responses
from 307 agricultural education programs in Illinois.
After reviewing the responses, it was determined
that there were 219 usable surveys for a response
rate of 71%. Ten surveys were eliminated, because
of duplicated responses from the same program
indicating the program was not on a block schedule.
2005-6/10 - District Inservice Needs Data Report
In-service Needs of Illinois Agriculture Education
Teachers
2004/10/15 - An Assessment of the Relationships between
The curricular structure for agricultural education,
including classroom teaching, supervised agricultural
experience, and leadership development through
the FFA Organization serves as a model whereby
educators at all disciplines could conceptualize
teaching and learning.
2004-6/1 - Important Elements of The Student Teaching
The quality of agricultural education programs in the
secondary public schools in the United States greatly
depended on the effectiveness of the teacher
preparation programs and the teachers that these
programs produce (McGhee & Cheek, 1989). Entry of
student teachers into the agriculture teaching field
was important given the demand for the teachers.
2003-10/1 - Summer Ag Institute Comprehensive Study
The purpose of this study is to determine how
Summer Ag Institute Attendees use/continue to use
the training and information obtained during the
seminar and to determine how familiar attendees are
with Agriculture In The Classroom (AITC) resources.
The purpose of the research summary report is to
provide an overview of a research project to
investigate factors that influences urban minorities
students to enroll in agricultural education courses.
2003-8/1 - The Adoption and Perceived Effectiveness of
Technology use in the field of agriculture often brings
to mind images of precision farming, genetically
modified crops and cloning livestock.
The research funds were utilized to determine trends
associated with the incentive funds incurred by Illinois
agricultural teachers. These expenditures were also
compared with the funds received by agricultural
teachers from their prospective school districts. An
eight-page survey was mailed as well as electronically
sent to 50 pre-selected teachers across the state.
The purpose of this project was to assess teacher
efficacy regarding career commitment and anticipated
career longevity of student teachers and novice
teachers in agricultural education.
2002-10/30 - Curriculum Evaluation of the Science Applications in
Illinois is a leading state in the development and
implementation of agriscience instruction. Four,
one-semester Science Applications in Agriculture
(SAA) courses were developed at the University of
Illinois from 1990-1994.
2002-6/1 - Determining the Inservice Needs of Beginning
This study started in the 2001 fall semester. I began
this research study even before it was funded
through the FCAE Mini-Research Grant was
approved. The reason for this decision was the
amount of time needed to complete this study.
The purpose of the research grant was to evaluate
the incentive grant application used by secondary
agriculture instructors in the State of Illinois.
The primary purpose of this proposed project was
to investigate the impacts of the curriculum
changes the past ten years in Illinois relative to
agricultural education programs. This project
provides information to determine if the changes in
agricultural education curricula have had significant
impacts upon programs with respect to
enrollments, student characteristics and
involvement
The primary purpose of this proposed project was to
develop a dynamic model of the Illinois Agricultural
Education program indicators related to predictions of
program effectiveness. Dynamic modeling uses a
computer program, in this case STELLA, to develop
and simulate existing systems and then be able to
predict future actions and trends.
The purpose of the research summary report is to
provide an overview of a research project to
investigate the perceptions of experts in the
agricultural education concerning the future of
Agricultural Education programs in Illinois.
The purpose of the research summary report is to
provide an overview of a research project to
investigate the public perceptions of the future of
Agricultural Education programs in Illinois. This
research project was designed to determine the
future issues and concerns, research priorities,
proposed impacts, ongoing limitations, major
accomplishments and future competency area for
Agricultural Education programs in Illinois.
Graphs in Excel pie charts.
Post Secondary(College & University)
2005-6/10 - Determining Needs of IACCAI with Questions & MWD
Determining Needs of IACCAI - Faculty
This is the final report regarding the awarded research
grant entitled "Determining the Needs of the Illinois
Association of Community College Agriculture
Instructors Organization". The project was completed
on April 5th, 2001.
The purpose of the research summary report is to
provide an overview of a research project to
investigate the research capacity of the university
Agricultural Education in Illinois. This research project
was designed to determine the relative extent to which
existing agricultural education faculty at the four
Agricultural Education teacher preparation university in
Illinois have the existing capacity to complete research
activities.
