A comparison between a traditional and an online environmental educational program
2006 (English)In: The Journal of Environmental Education, ISSN 0095-8964, E-ISSN 1940-1892, Vol. 37, no 4, p. 45-54Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The authors compared traditional and Web-based versions of an environmental education program in terms of their effectiveness in raising knowledge and promoting attitudes of environmental issues. They used a pretest?posttest nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental design. Results showed a statistically significant increase of knowledge scores for both groups. The junior high students who received computer-assisted instruction (CAI) significantly outscored their peers who were taught traditionally in posttest knowledge scores. In addition, the CAI group demonstrated a significant increase in attitudes scores. The authors found the correlation coefficient between knowledge and attitudes to be statistically significant but low.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2006. Vol. 37, no 4, p. 45-54
Keywords [en]
Computer Assisted Instruction, Quasiexperimental Design, Control Groups, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Education, Internet, Program Evaluation, Pretests Posttests, Junior High School Students, Conventional Instruction, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Earth Science, Program Development, Experimental Groups, Likert Scales, Statistical Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness
National Category
Pedagogy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-10285DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.37.4.45-54OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-10285DiVA, id: diva2:608605
2013-02-282013-02-282017-12-06Bibliographically approved