Application of computer graphics to undergraduate instruction in agricultural economics

This article outlines are experience in building a freshman-level course in agricultural economics employing computer graphics imaging. Lecture material is displayed with a computer connected to a large-screen projector producing high-resolution graphics. The complete course consists of approximatel...

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Published inAmerican journal of agricultural economics Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 25 - 35
Main Authors Debertin, D.L. (University of Kentucky), Jones, L.D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University Press 01.02.1991
American Agricultural Economics Association
Subjects
A220
ADOPCION DE INNOVACIONES
ADOPTION DE L'INNOVATION
Agricultural economics
APLICACIONES DEL ORDENADOR
APPLICATION DES ORDINATEURS
Chalkboards
Computer graphics
ECONOMIA AGRICOLA
ECONOMIE AGRICOLE
Emerging technology
ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR
ENSENANZA SUPERIOR
EVALUACION
EVALUATION
Graphics
INVESTIGACION
KENTUCKY
Lectures
METHODE PEDAGOGIQUE
METODOS PEDAGOGICOS
MICROCOMPUTADOR
MICROORDINATEUR
Presentation slides
RECHERCHE
Study guides
Teachers
teaching technology
Textbooks
undergraduate instruction
UNIVERSIDADES
UNIVERSITE
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Summary:This article outlines are experience in building a freshman-level course in agricultural economics employing computer graphics imaging. Lecture material is displayed with a computer connected to a large-screen projector producing high-resolution graphics. The complete course consists of approximately 1,200 computer-generated text, chart, or graphics images. An evaluation of the new method was conducted. Results indicate that most students prefer lectures that employ computer graphics to those that use a chalkboard or an overhead projector. Evidence supports the hypothesis that students perform better on exams when the innovations described in this paper are adopted.
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Debertin was responsible for developing all of the computer graphics images comprising the course and teaches the course in the fall semester; Jones teaches the course in the spring semester, using the computer graphics images and study guide.
ISSN:0002-9092
1467-8276
DOI:10.2307/1242880