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The Quality Of The 1998 Skillathon And Premier Exhibitor Program As Perceived By Participants, Facilitators, 4-H Agents, And Ffa Advisors, Mary Ingram

Masters Theses

This study primarily focused on the skillathon's ability to meet educational objectives as well as an evaluation of the award recognition for participants. The specific objectives of the study were to: (1) Characterize the participants of the 1998 Beef and Sheep skillathons; (2) Characterize the present and past skillathon facilitators; (3) Characterize the 4-H agents and FFA advisors of past and present skillathon participants; (4) To determine the participants’ perceptions of how the individual skillathon stations in Tennessee help increase their knowledge of a specific animal industry; (5) Determine the level of which the following skillathon goals are met: a)To …