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Section 1 Component Parts of a typical Research Project or Report（第1页）

SeposofatypicalResearchProjectorReport

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Aresearchprojectorreportisapaperwrittenbyaortodescribearesearchstudythatheorshehaspleted.Thepurposeistoexplaihefieldwhattheobjectives，methods，andfindiudywere.Theanizationalformatforresearchprojectisbasicallythesame，regardlessofthefieldofstudyinwhichtheauth.Thefollowingdiagramillustratesthemajorsesofatypicalresearchprojetheorderinwhichtheyareusuallypresented.

TypicalSesofaResearchProjectorReport

Tohelpyouuhebasiatoftheresearchreport，wepreseinallypublishedinaprofessionaljourdescribesastudycarriedoutinthefieldofagriculturaledu.Thestudyevaluatestheeffeessofusingmiputerstoteaiciplestouudentsinagraduatecourse.

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AbstraiputersarenowoninsthroughouttheUes，itisheirmosteffectiveroleisieag-learhisstudyparedtheeffeiputer-assistedinstrudtraditioure-distheperformanceofgraduatestudentsenrolledinanagriculturaleducourse.Studerolgrnifitlybetterohahetwroups.Studentshavingpreviousexperiehputersdidnnifitlybetterthaoputer-assistedinstru.Furtherreseareedstobeduiappropriateplaputer-assistedinstruagriculturaledu.

Duri40years，theUeshasexperieioeriy.Progresshasbeehepointthatsmall，iersabilitiesareavailableforinnumerableuses.Manyschoolshavepurdarepurgmiputersforinfusioedlearningprograms.

Mostindividualsseemtoagreethatthemiputerwilluetoholdanimportantroleiion.Gubser（1980）andHinton（1980）suggestedphenomehenumbersofputersbothinthesdthehomeiure.Therearealroblemswithasuddenonslaughtofeology.Likeahathasriedaheroleoftheputerisiion.Howshouldtheputerbeusedinthe?Shouldtheputerbetheteacherorusedasatoolintheinthesamewayasanoverheadprojeteachersdoabetterjobofteagtypesofmaterialswiththemiputerthanwithalteagmethods?Willthemiputerhavediffereudentswithvaryinglevelsofexperie（1982）ideypesofmiputeruseins:theobjectofacourse，asupporttool，andameansinstru.FosterandKleene（1982）citefourusesofmiputersinvoalagriculture:drillandpractiulationandproblemsolving.

Thefindingsofstudiesexaminingtheuseofvariousformsofputer-assistedinstru（CAI）havebeeudiesbyHickey（1968）a（1974）indicatedsuperiorresultswithCAIwhilestudiesbyEllis（1978），Caldwell（1980）andBelzer（1976）ile.Althoughmuchworkhasbeee，morestudiesedtoastheeffeiputer-assistedinstruteagvarioussubjeavarietysituations.

Thepurposeofthisstudywastoastheeffeiputer-assistedinstruparedtoalecture-disteteadmethodsofcostredionagriculturalassetstograduatestudentsinagriculturaledu（Rohrbach，1983）.Thistopitifiedasbeingofimportaeaprovidihenecessarybadtoteasinfarmrecords.

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&udywasductedasathree-grouptrolledpre-experimentfollowiiparisondesign（Campbell&Stanley，1963）.Itiheuseofthreeexperimentalgroups，ingatrolGroupA，atreatmentgroupgofbeginnerlevelmiputerusersGroupB，agroupgofie-levelmiputerusersGroupC（seeTable1.1）.

Table1.1Desigudy

Population

&ioudysistedofgraduatestudentsinagriculturaleduattheUyofMissouri-bia.PartithestudywereenrolleesincourseshagriculturaleduattheUyofMissouri-biaduringthesummerof1983.Thisprovided21studentsfroupA，25studentsfinningmiputerGroupBand16studentsforiemiputerGroupC.Theassumptiohepartitsrepresentedasampleofgraduatestudentsinagriculturaledu.Therefore，thefindingsandimplisofthestudyshouldbegeheextentthatfuturegroupsofstudentsaresimilartothepartits.

&udeedasthetrolgrhtusiuredisteique.Forty-osweredividedintroupstoreceivemiputer-assistedinstru.Thesistedoftwoseswithplatdeterminedbypreviousmiputiudentswiththeabilitytorurermediate-levelgroup，andtheremaiswereassighebeginnersgroup.

Demographicdatawerecolleallsubjerelatioeagexperienowledgeanduseofprihtocostredi.Priorexperieheinformationwascalascale.

Befinstru，eachgroupwasihestudybygivihesameorientationtotheprocedurestobeused.Itlaihelearningsessionswouldbefolloritteioerialpreseoldthattheevaluationscorewouldnotttradeinthecourse，butthatitortantthattheydoasossible.

Theprisirolgrawo-hourclasssessioorusedtwo-hoursessionsontwosecutivedaysfusiuredisteique.Thewritteionwasgivendurihourofthethirdday.

&mentgrerusabthemiputerlearningprogramaheydamaximumoffourhoursiwiththemiputer-assistedinstru.Theinstructhtthetrolgroupwasinthemiputerlaboratorytorespoionsandmonitorstudeudewodaystopletethetask，wereaskedtokeepareountoftimeused，ahewritteiaoimeperiodofthethirdday.

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&erialsusedinteadmethodsincostrediwiththelecture-disethodhavebeehreeyearsahebasisfaputertea.ThemiputerlearnieninBASIguagefortheApplemiputer，edtheprihods，examples，objectives，problemsandsoforthtobelearudeoftheclassdevotedtocostredi.Themhegthesameproblemsandexamplesusediuredisprocedure.Allteagmaterialsaedmiputerlearningmoduleswerecheckedforteicalaccuracybyaprriculturaleisiblefierialsrelatedtotaxlarriculturaleduresponsibleforiiementandagraduateresearchassistantinfarmma.

&iousediudyedtomeasuretheattaiofthelearnihewritteionwassubjectedtotheKuder-Ri20testwhichyieldedareliabilitytof.89.Validityofeachquestioablishedbyapaswithexperieheceptsrelatedtothematerial.Therewere29questioorthoeach.

Nullhypothesesweredevelopedtotesttheresearchquestioudy.Aone-wayanalysisofvariancewasusedtotestthefirstnullhypothesisofnodifferenperformahegroups（Ho1）.DiffereedusingtheScheffeposthocprocedure.APearsoiowasusedtoastherelatioimespentonmiputer-assistedinstrudstudentperformanographicdatawereexamioasthehomogehetrolgroupaalgroups.Analphalevelof.05wasusedihehypotheses.ThedatawereaheStatistialysisSystemlibraryputerpackageattheUyofMissouri-bia（Ray，1982）.

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&eagexperience，priorexperieerialsaaskvariedsomewhatamonggroupsasshowimeontaskwasheldtat200mihetrolgredfrom30to221minutesfroupBandfrom45to180minutesfroupC.

Table1.2CharacteristicsofPartits

Tohelpexplaindiffereudentscores，correlatioswerecalculatedtoasifthereweresignifitrelatioweehetestas’age，priorexperieerial，aeagexperience.Asshowherewasasignifitpositiverelatioweenpriorexperienowledgeofthematerialascores（i.e.，morepriorexperiencedahighertestscore）.Whenpriorexperieable1.2）wereparedroupbasis，GroupAwasnotfoundtnifitlyatthe.05levelfromGroupsBorC（+valuesof.212forA-Band4.93forA-C）.

Table1.3CorrelatiosforTestScoreswithPriorExperieerial，AgeaeagExperience

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