An Inventory of Central Wisconsin Students' Environmental Attitudes and Knowledge
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Date
1981-03Author
Priest, Kenneth R.
Publisher
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources
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In the Spring of 1979, over nine hundred sophomore and
senior central Wisconsin students were administered an Environmental
Knowledge and Attitudes Inventory. Participants were
chosen by both random selection and representative school groupings
from twenty-nine high schools.
The purpose of the inventory was to determine the current
environmental knowledge and attitudes of central Wisconsin
school children. Such base line knowledge can be useful for
environmental curriculum development or in the future, as a
reference tool.
Results of the survey indicate that central Wisconsin
school children scored environmental knowledge items similarly
with students from across the United States. Central Wisconsin
students scored highest among the conceptual type items. Males
scored somewhat higher on factual variables than females.
Twelfth graders scored significantly higher than tenth
graders on knowledge variables. Most students possessed favorable
attitudes toward the environment. The most serious problems
were perceived to be natural resource type problems.