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Social and learning strategies male community college students use to maximize learning from cooperative work experiences
Employers often lament that many American workers are not qualified for
present and future jobs due to changing skills requirements and deficiencies of
schools. In 1991, the Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary
Skills (SCANS) report recommended educators use work sites to help students achieve
foundation skills and workplace competencies. Through cooperative work experiences
(CWE), many community college professional/technical programs place
students in actual work situations as part of program requirements. These experiences
enable students to apply classroom learning while engaged in productive work related
to their specialties.
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe social and learning
strategies male community college students use to maximize learning from
cooperative work experiences. Three conditions influence these strategies.
1. Every work experience situation is unique. Numerous environmental and
personality variables affect the quality of the work experience.
2. Trainers are employees paid for the work they do. Productive work is their
first priority; training is secondary.
3. Work site trainers are knowledgeable and highly skilled but may not be trained
to teach.
Based on in-depth interviews with male students and trainers/supervisors, this
study found that (a) a candid and respectful relationship between student and trainer
must exist before a trainer will share fully his expertise and knowledge with the
student and students have primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining this
relationship, (b) the effort a trainer is willing to expend on training reflects his
perception of a student's eagerness to excel and willingness to work hard, and (c)
students have primary responsibility for managing their own learning during work
experiences.
Students use four primary learning strategies to maximize their learning during
a CWE: (a) applying cognitive apprenticeship processes, (b) solving problems, (c)
recognizing and pursuing incidental learning opportunities, and (d) practicing
technical skills.
Although the subjects of this study represent only a segment of professional/
technical programs, the findings may be useful for preparing other program students
for their work experiences
Blueberry Advisory Committee Research Report
The 1985 edition of the Blueberry Progress Reports was prepared for the Maine Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers with the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:
1. Control of secondary blueberry pest insects
2. Effect of pruning practices on blueberry insect abundance
3. Effect of hexazinone on species distribution in lowbush blueberry fields
4. Dichlobenil for control of bunchberry
5. Evaluation of postemergence herbicides for grass control
6. Hand-wiper applications of herbicides on woody weeds
7. Evaluation of steam as a pruning practice for lowbush blueberry fields
8. Evaluation of glyphosate and 2,4-D applied with a commercial weed roller to control woody weeds
9. Hand-wiping and cutting treatments for dogbane
9. Evaluation of airblast-sprayer application of asulam for bracken fern control
10. Spot treatment of woody weeds with 2,4-D in oil
11. Chemical control of Botrytis blossom blight
12. Evaluation of preliminary steam treatments (1984) at Blueberry Hill Farm
13. Long term effects of N and NPK fertilizer on plant growth and yield
14. Nutritional survey of selected lowbush blueberry fields
15. Interaction of fertility and pruning practices on soil characteristics and lowbush blueberry growth and yield
16. Frequency of fertility application for establishment of lowbush blueberry seedlings
17. Slow release vs. liquid fertilizer for establishment of lowbush blueberry seedlings
18. The effect of several mulches on frost heaving, soil moisture, soil temperature and rhizome development
19. Blueberry product development: raisin-type blueberries
20. Blueberry product development: blueberry puree
21. Addendum: 1985 Report from Moody Trevet
Blueberry Advisory Committee Research Report
The 1984 edition of the Blueberry Progress Reports was prepared for the Maine Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers with the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:
1. Control, biology, and ecology of insects affecting lowbush blueberries .
2. Chemical control of mummyberry disease (Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi)
3. New Fungicides for control of Botrytis blossom blight
4. Nutritional survey of selected lowbush blueberry fields
5. Interaction of fertility and pruning practices on soil characteristics and lowbush blueberry growth and yield
6. Long term effects of N and NPK fertilizer on plant growth and yield
7. The effect of N fertilization on clonal spread
8. Nutritional responses of the lowbush blueberry in new plantings as related to early establishment
9. The effect of several mulches on frost heaving, soil moisture, soil temperature and rhizome development
10. Effectiveness of mulches and planted lowbush blueberry seedlings for stabilizing soils and increasing plant cover
11. Effect of surface mulches on stabilizing lowbush blueberry soil in barren areas
12. Frequency of fertility application for establishment of lowbush blueberry seedlings
13. Slow release vs liquid fertilizer for establishment of lowbush blueberry seedlings
14. Comparison of rooted cuttings and tissue culture propagated lowbush blueberry plants
15. The effect of growth regulator formulations on growth and rhizome production of the lowbush blueberry
16. Unburned, mowed fields
17. Blueberry concentrate
18. Blueberry product development
19. Dehydrated blueberries
20. Low-calorie blueberry jellies
21. Hexazinone and terbacil mixture for weed control
22. Hexazinone and atrazine mixture for weed control
23. Effect of hexazinone and nitrogen or nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizer on lowbush blueberry plants
24. Hand-wiper applications of herbicides on birch, maple and willow
25. Glyphosate applied after leaf drop for bunchberry control
26. Napropamide for seedling weed control
27. PP333 plant growth regulator
28. Dichlobenil for bunchberry control
29. Effect of hexazinone on weed and blueberry populations
30. Fluazifop-butyl for grass control
31. Hand-wiping and cutting treatments for dogbane
32. Evaluation of airblast sprayer application of asulam for bracken fern control
33. Evaluation of spot treatment of woody weeds with 2,4-D in oil
34. Steam heat as a control of mummyberry diseas
Blueberry Progress Reports
The 1982 edition of the Blueberry Progress Reports was prepared for the Maine Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers with the Maine Life Sciences and Agriculture Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:
1. Introduction
2. Blueberry IPM Program
3. Guthion Drift Study
4. Control, Biology, and Ecology of Insects
5. Blueberry Diseases: Incidence and Control
6. Physiology and Culture of the Lowbush Blueberry
7. Weed Control in Lowbush Blueberries
8. Pruning Blueberrie
Blueberry Advisory Committee Extension Report
The 1986 edition of the Blueberry Advisory Committee Extension Reports was prepared for the Maine Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers with the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:
1. Fertility Levels
2. Insect and Disease Fact Sheets
3. Development of Insect ID Information for Growers
4. Effect of Pruning Practices an Blueberry Insect Abundance
5. Control of Blueberry Maggot (Alternatives to Guthion)
6. Economic Thresholds and Control of Secondary Blueberry Pests
7. Chemical Control of Mummyberry Disease
8. Chemical Control of Botrytis Bloom Blight
9. Effects of Late Summer Fungicide Applications
10. Mowing vs. Burning - Comparisons of Disease Incidence
11. Long-term Effects of N and NPK Fertilizer on Plant Growth and Yield
12. Effect of Several Mulches on Frost Heaving, Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature and Rhizome Development
13. Interaction of Fertility and Pruning Practices on Soil
14. Effect of Block Freezing on Physical Characterization and Sugar Migration on Lowbush Blueberries
15. Demonstration of the Rota-Cone Vacuum Drying Process on Lowbush Blueberries
16. Production of a Blueberry Gelatin
17. Isolation and Characterization of Blueberry Pectin
18. The Effect of pH, Chemicals and Holding time-temperature on the color of Blueberry Puree
19. Effect of Hexazinone on Species Distribution in Lowbush Blueberry Fields
20. Evaluation of Postemergent Herbicides for Grass Control
21. Evaluation of Sulfonyl urea and lmidazoline compounds for Bunchberry Control
22. Use of Mechanical wiper with glyphosate or dicamba for control of dogbane
23. Hand-wiper Applications of Herbicides on Woody Weeds
24. Dogbane Control with 2% Glyphosate
25. Low Volume Solution of Asulam for Bracken Fern Control
26. Integrated Weed Management
27. 1986 Annual Report to the Maine Lowbush Blueberry Commissio
Blueberry Progress Reports
The 1983 edition of the Blueberry Progress Reports was prepared for the Maine Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers with the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:
1. Introduction
2. Forest Tent Caterpillar in Blueberries
3. Control, Biology, and Ecology of Insects Affecting Lowbush Blueberries
4. Blueberry Diseases: Incidence and Control
5. Physiology and Culture of the Lowbush Blueberry
6. Weed Control in Lowbush Blueberry Fields
7. Product Development of Lowbush Blueberrie