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Teens Reaching Youth (Try) 4-H Volunteer Program, Donna Carter Aug 2008

Teens Reaching Youth (Try) 4-H Volunteer Program, Donna Carter

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This publication provides a perspective to using teens as volunteers to teach 4-Hers.


Giving A 4-H Foods Demonstration, Donna Carter Aug 2008

Giving A 4-H Foods Demonstration, Donna Carter

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This publication provides steps to giving an effective 4-H food demonstration.


Basic Parliamentary Procedure For 4-H Clubs, Donna Carter Aug 2008

Basic Parliamentary Procedure For 4-H Clubs, Donna Carter

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This publication provides outline and benefits to using Parliamentary Procedure in 4-H clubs.


Basic Tips For 1st Year Junior Livestock Market Projects, Donna Carter Aug 2008

Basic Tips For 1st Year Junior Livestock Market Projects, Donna Carter

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This fact sheet gives basic tips for 1st year junior market livestock projects.


Examining 4-H Robotics In The Learning Of Science, Engineering And Technology Topics And The Related Student Attitudes, Bradley S. Barker, Gwen Nugent, Neal Grandgenett, Amy Hampton Apr 2008

Examining 4-H Robotics In The Learning Of Science, Engineering And Technology Topics And The Related Student Attitudes, Bradley S. Barker, Gwen Nugent, Neal Grandgenett, Amy Hampton

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Youths’ natural fascination and identification with robots make them an ideal teaching and learning platform. Robots would seem to be excellent hands-on tools to teach science, engineering and technology (SET) concepts. However, while research supports their use to increase interest and motivation, the effectiveness of robots to directly teach science, engineering, and technology concepts is less clear. The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of a 4-H robotics program to support the learning of specific SET concepts and to examine related student attitudes towards science. This study compared the pretest and posttest scores on an assessment of …