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Curry, Kevin; Warner, Wendy J.; Park, Travis D. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2018
The intent of this exploratory study was to inventory the motivations of the North Carolina FFA Meats Evaluation Career Development Event (CDE) competitors and investigate the relationship motivation has on performance. Participants (n = 93) completed a battery of motivational measures (achievement goals, grit, interest, self-efficacy, task value,…
Descriptors: Competition, Motivation, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education
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Whitley, Victoria P.; Park, Travis D.; Warner, Wendy J.; Horne, Erin T. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2019
The edTPA, a validated teacher performance assessment, is being used across the nation to assess the readiness of career and technical education (CTE) student teachers for a successful career in education. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the relationship between edTPA and both Technology and Agricultural Education…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Teachers, Vocational Education Teachers, Performance Based Assessment
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Lunsford, Amanda; Warner, Wendy J.; Park, Travis D.; Morgan, Joy E. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2016
The edTPA has recently emerged within the past few years as an innovative Teacher Performance Assessment and is currently adopted to some extent in 34 states. Researchers conducted four focus groups with 16 teacher candidates during and immediately after completion of the edTPA at North Carolina State University. When asked to articulate about…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Performance Based Assessment, Focus Groups, Preservice Teachers
Kitchel, Tracy; Smith, Amy R.; Henry, Anna L.; Robinson, J. Shane; Lawver, Rebecca G.; Park, Travis D.; Schell, Ashley – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2012
Understanding job satisfaction, stress, and burnout within agricultural education has the potential to impact the profession's future. Studying these factors through the theoretical lens of social comparison takes a cultural approach by investigating how agriculture teachers interact with and compare themselves to others. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Burnout