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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Fermanian, T. W.;
Wehner, D. J. |
Author Affiliation: | Department of Horticulture, University of Illinois, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801 |
Title: | A computer-based tool for introducing turfgrass species |
Source: | Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education. Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1995, p. 45-48. |
Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Education; Turfgrasses; Software; Computer applications
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Abstract/Contents: | "An essential component of an introductory turfgrass management course is the description of how turfgrass species are adapted to different cultural systems and environments. The objectives of this project were to develop an interactive program to introduce the characteristics of turfgrass species and their optimum environments and to evaluate the students' gain in understanding turf species characteristics through this approach. A self-contained application, Turf Species, was constructed using the SuperCard development tool. Turf Species consists of three sections including a self-paced tour of the species, a "what if" establishment section, and randomly composed reinforcement quizzes with automatic grading. Turf Species was designed to be distributed to students on diskette for self-paced study and reinforcement of material presented during previous lectures. Each student who used the Turf Species tool spent approximately 2 h evaluating the program. Seventy-one percent of the student evaluators felt that the graphic representations of illustrations for each species aided in their understanding of material. All of the evaluators indicated that the testing module helped in their understanding of the turf species, and 86% of them suggested that the Turf Species program should be used more extensively in the introductory turfgrass management course. An evaluation of the test scores found on returned diskettes showed an average examination grade of 52% with a range from 5 to 100%." |
Language: | English |
References: | 6 |
Note: | Figures Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Fermanian, T. W., and D. J. Wehner. 1995. A computer-based tool for introducing turfgrass species. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 24(1):p. 45-48. |
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