NACTA JOURNAL

VOL. 43, NO. 1, 1999


4 Instructions for NACTA Authors 1999
Boh Goligh, Editor

9 An Honored NACTA Member
Reflections on 23 Years in NACTA
•Robert C. Sorensen


12 NACTA 1999 Annual Conference
•Blackshurg, VA.

23 Landscape Design Courses Provide Opportunities for
Service Learning
•Greg L. Davis

25 Developing and Teaching an Orientation Course for Students
at a Technical College
• Alien Zirnmerman

31 Montana legislators' Knowledge and Perception of
Agriculture
• Mil lord Wearley, Martin Frick, and C. Van Shelhamer

37 Current Status of Preservice Teacher Education Programs
in Agriculture
• Kirk A. Swort/.el

43 Designing and Using World Wide Web Study Pages to
Support Student Learning Outside of the Classroom
• J.E. Partridge and L. Oshorne

47 Computer Skills And Anxiety ofStudents Entering A College
of Agriculture
• Donald M. Johnson, James A. Ferguson, and Melissa
L. Lesler

53 Survey of Early Leavers: Implications for Recruitment and
Retention
•Lee Cole and Wayne Fanno