Abstract
Creative teaching methods aimed to train learners to improve farm management decisions need to be explored. In that context a microcomputer software package (ESTRUS-DETECTION) was developed to address a major economic problem in dairy herd management — estrus detection — by integrating tutorial and simulation instruction. ESTRUS-DETECTION was developed in the cT programming language. A pretest/posttest experimental design measured changes in learning for 45 students in an undergraduate dairy management course. Total learning was significantly increased among students. Comparable learning increases were shown for students working in pairs and individually. Student feedback and a subjective evaluation of knowledge retention affirmed the importance of integrated simulation and tutorial computer instruction as an agricultural teaching tool.
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