Christopher M. Estepp
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Associate Professor
Also affiliated: Sul Ross State University (2013–2019)
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Christopher M. Estepp's research focuses on educational methodologies and technology integration, particularly for novice learners in agricultural education. His work investigates the impact of generative artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, on students' performance, interest, self-efficacy, and programming abilities when learning microcontrollers like Arduino. Estepp has also examined effective instructional design strategies for these subjects, drawing on self-efficacy theory to enhance student outcomes.
His research extends to understanding the professional development needs of agricultural educators, including those working with English language learners. Estepp has also explored teacher stress, coping mechanisms, and job satisfaction, particularly within the context of challenging teaching environments like those induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. He has published extensively with collaborators Donald M. Johnson and William Doss, among others, from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
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- h-index: 8
- Publications: 44
- Citations: 282
Selected Publications
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Navigating Challenges: Uncovering FFA Agriscience Fair Professional Development Gaps for School-Based Agricultural Education Teachers (2026)
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Cooperating Teacher Mentorship Behaviors and Job Satisfaction as Predictors of Agricultural Education Interns’ Intent to Teach (2025)
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Unpacking research impact in agricultural education: Implications for role perception and career advancement (2025)
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Does Sense of Belonging Predict Student Retention in a College of Agriculture? (2025)
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Identifying Relationships and Differences Related to Arkansas FFA Chapter Performance in Career Development Events (2025)
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A discrepancy in discrepancy scores? Comparing the Borich and Ranked Discrepancy Models for determining professional development needs (2024)
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Agriculture students’ use of generative artificial intelligence for microcontroller programming (2024)
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Using ChatGPT with Novice Arduino Programmers: Effects on Performance, Interest, Self-Efficacy, and Programming Ability (2024)
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Determining professional development needs of school-based agricultural education teachers for working with English language learners (2023)
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Using Intercultural Sensitivity to Predict Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Self-Efficacy among Preservice Teachers (2023)
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Examining Sense of Belonging Among Freshmen College of Agriculture Students (2023)
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Rapport, Course Technology, and Self-Regulated Learning as Predictors of Student Satisfaction in an Online Horticulture Program (2023)
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Using Self-Efficacy Theory to Design Arduino Instruction for Novices: A Replication Study (2023)
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Physicochemical Properties and Young Adult Consumer Preference of Dry-Aged Beef after High-Intensity Ultrasonication (2022)
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Teachers’ Stress, Coping Strategies, and Job Satisfaction in COVID-induced Teaching Environments. (2021)
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- Using ChatGPT with Novice Arduino Programmers: Effects on Performance, Interest, Self-Efficacy, and Programming Ability
- Agriculture students’ use of generative artificial intelligence for microcontroller programming
- Teachers’ Stress, Coping Strategies, and Job Satisfaction in COVID-induced Teaching Environments.
- A discrepancy in discrepancy scores? Comparing the Borich and Ranked Discrepancy Models for determining professional development needs
- Using Self-Efficacy Theory to Design Arduino Instruction for Novices: A Replication Study
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
- Using ChatGPT with Novice Arduino Programmers: Effects on Performance, Interest, Self-Efficacy, and Programming Ability
- Agriculture students’ use of generative artificial intelligence for microcontroller programming
- A discrepancy in discrepancy scores? Comparing the Borich and Ranked Discrepancy Models for determining professional development needs
- Determining professional development needs of school-based agricultural education teachers for working with English language learners
- Examining Sense of Belonging Among Freshmen College of Agriculture Students
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
- A discrepancy in discrepancy scores? Comparing the Borich and Ranked Discrepancy Models for determining professional development needs
- Using Self-Efficacy Theory to Design Arduino Instruction for Novices: A Replication Study
- Teachers’ Stress, Coping Strategies, and Job Satisfaction in COVID-induced Teaching Environments.
- Examining Undergraduate Students’ Intercultural Competence in a Teaching Methods Course
- Cooperating Teacher Mentorship Behaviors and Job Satisfaction as Predictors of Agricultural Education Interns’ Intent to Teach
- Unpacking research impact in agricultural education: Implications for role perception and career advancement
- Physicochemical Properties and Young Adult Consumer Preference of Dry-Aged Beef after High-Intensity Ultrasonication
- Physicochemical Properties and Young Adult Consumer Preference of Dry-Aged Beef after High-Intensity Ultrasonication
- Physicochemical Properties and Young Adult Consumer Preference of Dry-Aged Beef after High-Intensity Ultrasonication
- Physicochemical Properties and Young Adult Consumer Preference of Dry-Aged Beef after High-Intensity Ultrasonication
- Physicochemical Properties and Young Adult Consumer Preference of Dry-Aged Beef after High-Intensity Ultrasonication
- Physicochemical Properties and Young Adult Consumer Preference of Dry-Aged Beef after High-Intensity Ultrasonication
- Using Self-Efficacy Theory to Design Arduino Instruction for Novices: A Replication Study
- Rapport, Course Technology, and Self-Regulated Learning as Predictors of Student Satisfaction in an Online Horticulture Program
- Examining Undergraduate Students’ Intercultural Competence in a Teaching Methods Course
- Examining Sense of Belonging Among Freshmen College of Agriculture Students
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