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Agricultural sales training modules can develop content knowledge and argumentation skill without purposefully infusing argumentation

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Description

The study found that agricultural sales training modules, whether or not argumentation was infused, produced gains in content knowledge and argumentation skill among secondary agriculture students. The authors concluded that "argumentation does not need to be infused into agricultural sales training modules in order to see growth in content knowledge and argumentation skill," suggesting teachers can save planning time by not preparing to specifically teach argumentation.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Teachers implement the researcher-developed training modules aligned with the Agricultural Sales CDE over a preparation period of at least six weeks (21-24 hours).

Constraints

  • The study was conducted over a six-week period, which the authors note may not have been long enough to see significant increases in argumentation skill.

Target Learners

  • Secondary school agriculture students

Learning Goals

  • Content knowledge in agricultural sales
  • Argumentation skill

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Key Sources

  • Sapp, S. B., & Thoron, A. C. (2014). Effects of Agricultural Sales CDE Modules on Content Knowledge and Argumentation Skill. Journal of Agricultural Education, 55(5), 93-110. https://doi.org/10.5032/jae.2014.05093
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title Agricultural sales training modules can develop content knowledge and argumentation skill without purposefully infusing argumentation
description The study found that agricultural sales training modules, whether or not argumentation was infused, produced gains in content knowledge and argumentation skill among secondary agriculture students.
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