Evaluating Efficacy of Environmental Education Programming

Autor/inn/en	Brandl, Rayelynn; Alvarado, Arlene; Peltomaa, Abigail
Titel	Evaluating Efficacy of Environmental Education Programming
Quelle	In: School Science and Mathematics, 119 (2019) 2, S.83-93 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6803
DOI	10.1111/ssm.12319
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Student Attitudes; Mining; Conservation (Environment); Pretests Posttests; Scientific Attitudes; Program Descriptions; Positive Attitudes; Water; Ecology; Knowledge Level; Educational Objectives; Program Effectiveness; Montana; Idaho + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Schülerverhalten; Abbau; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Wasser; Ökologie; Wissensbasis; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel
Abstract	The Clark Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP) goals are: (a) increasing students' understanding of the nature of ecological impacts within their watershed as related to historic mining damage; and (b) increasing students' sense of stewardship of newly restored landscapes. Data from 2012 to 2016 were evaluated for student knowledge gains (46 trials representing 2,395 student pre-surveys; 2,409 student post-surveys). Data from 2013 to 2016 were evaluated for students' attitudes toward science and disposition toward caring for the environment (38 trials representing 1,479 pre-surveys; 1,460 post-surveys). The results of this study support that the program's goals are being achieved. Students achieved statistically significant gains on knowledge surveys with a 33.4% overall gain pre- to posttest (p < 0.0001). Students also moved toward greater positive responses in both attitudes toward science and disposition toward caring for the environment with Cohen's "d" effect sizes of "medium effect" for caring toward the environment (d = 0.52) and "small effect" of positive disposition toward science (d = 0.24). (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01