Abstract:
Over 60 percent of the enrollees in the introductory field crop production course at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (SIU-C) during the fall semester, 1975, and spring semester, 1976, had a non-farm background compared to an estimated 20 percent in 1966. Non-farm students increased to 75 percent in fall semester, 1976. Potential changes in presentation were evaluated by the SIU-C students and 74 crops instructors in the U.S. Students were almost equally divided between (a) a one credit practicum, (b) regular help sessions, and (c) supplementary self instruction exercises. Nearly one-third of the crops instructors suggested self-instruction as a solution to the non-farm background problem. Regular help sessions was the second most frequently-reported approach mentioned by the instructors.
Keywords:
non-farm students, field crops course
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