Comparing Efficacy of Instructional Approaches to Develop Environmental Awareness Among School Students

Doris D’Souza, Durga Sharma and R. P. Singh

SAGE Open, 2014, vol. 4, issue 4, 2158244014562387

Abstract: This study aims to compare efficacy of self-learning, audiovisual, and fun activity instructional approaches among school students of Patna, the capital city of Bihar state of India, to develop environmental awareness. The study participants include 144 randomly selected students (72 girls and 72 boys) from eight different schools of Patna. During a weeklong environmental awareness program, students were instructed using above three approaches of instruction. Data have been analyzed by using linear regression. Regression was carried out to eliminate the effect of general mental ability (GMA) scores. The results suggest about overall superiority of fun activity approach over other approaches tested in the present study. However, awareness gain has been significant among the students with high GMA when instructed through audiovisual approach.

Keywords: environmental awareness; instructional approach; self-learning; audiovisual; fun activity; Patna (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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