Volume
51
Issue
5
DOI
10.34068/joe.51.05.30
Abstract
The study reported here measured the impact of natural schoolyards, within the science curriculum, on middle school students' environmental attitudes. It was expected that students engaged in such a curriculum would show increased pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. Participants were 7th-grade students in Madison, WI. A modified form of the validated short-form Measurement of Ecological Attitudes survey (Maloney & Ward, 1975) was used in a pre-test/post-test format to measure changes in students' environmental attitudes. No gains were found between pre- and post-test scores. Implications for natural schoolyard curriculum design and research, and possible outdoor Environmental Education (EE) partnership with Extension are discussed.
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Recommended Citation
Nelson, N., & Shaw, B. R. (2013). Testing the Use of Natural Schoolyards to Develop Stewardship Attitudes in Students. The Journal of Extension, 51(5), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.51.05.30
