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Utah State University

Engineering Education

1975

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The Status Of Metric Conversion In Industrial Education Programs In Utah With Recommendations For Statewide Training Programs, Thomas J. Brames May 1975

The Status Of Metric Conversion In Industrial Education Programs In Utah With Recommendations For Statewide Training Programs, Thomas J. Brames

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The purpose of this study was to obtain information from Industrial Education teachers in Utah concerning their feelings and attitudes toward conversion to the Metric System in the United States and to determine their present familiarity with that system. The study was also designed to identify potential problem areas which would tend to influence educational programs on the Metric System for Industrial Education teachers in Utah.

A select sample of four-hundred twenty-three Industrial Education teachers representing over twenty occupational areas was chosen as the population for the study. Two-hundred ninety-seven usable questionnaires (70.2 per cent) were returned and tabulated as …