ERIC Number: EJ1241340
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1533-015X
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You Live in a Watershed! Informal Environmental Science Education with a State Park Exhibit
Wolfe, Christopher R.; Cedillos-Whynott, Elizabeth M.; Vanni, Michael J.
Applied Environmental Education and Communication, v19 n1 p74-87 2020
"You Live in a Watershed" is a state park exhibit about watersheds. We conducted a two-pronged assessment of learning and attitudes. Study 1 employed a pretest-intervention-posttest design with 30 children visiting the exhibit on a fieldtrip. We found significant increases in knowledge and attitudes. Study 2 was a quasi-experimental comparison of 84 park visitors who interacted with the exhibit or did not. Exhibit visitors demonstrated more knowledge than other Nature Center visitors. Visitors came to the exhibit with strong positive attitudes and beliefs about lakes and water quality, but showed a lack of knowledge about watersheds that the exhibit ameliorated.
Descriptors: Informal Education, Environmental Education, Parks, Exhibits, Water, Natural Resources, Learning, Attitudes, Field Trips, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Adults, Children, Adolescents, Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
Grant or Contract Numbers: DBI0935452; DEB1255159
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