ERIC Number: EJ1236043
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-4622
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Identifying and Developing Crosscutting Environmental Education Outcomes for Adolescents in the Twenty-First Century (EE21)
Powell, Robert B.; Stern, Marc J.; Frensley, Brandon Troy; Moore, DeWayne
Environmental Education Research, v25 n9 p1281-1299 2019
While multiple valid measures exist for assessing outcomes of environmental education (EE) programs, the field lacks a comprehensive and logistically feasible common instrument that can apply across diverse programs. We describe a participatory effort for identifying and developing crosscutting outcomes for Environmental Education in the twenty-first Century (EE21). Following extensive input and debate from a wide range of EE providers and researchers, we developed, tested and statistically validated crosscutting scales for measuring consensus-based outcomes for individual participants in youth EE programs using confirmatory factor analysis across six unique sites, including two single-day field trip locations, four multiday residential programs and one science museum in the United States. The results suggest that the scales are valid and reliable for measuring outcomes that many EE programs in the United States can aspire to influence in adolescent participants, ages 10-14.
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Adolescents, Educational Innovation, Best Practices, Museums, Field Trips, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Youth Programs, Academic Achievement, 21st Century Skills, Identification (Psychology), Self Efficacy, Behavior, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Urban Areas, Rural Areas, Outdoor Education, Residential Programs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 6; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Identifiers - Location: Oregon; Florida; Ohio; Maryland; North Carolina
Grant or Contract Numbers: DRL1612416; MG1016005716