Student Attitudes Toward and Recall of Outside Day: An Environmental Science Field Trip

Louis S. Nadelson and J. Richard Jordan

The Journal of Educational Research, 2012, vol. 105, issue 3, 220-231

Abstract: Field trips are effective because they situate learning and facilitate knowledge transfer, thereby influencing students learning attitudes, interests, and motivation. Variations in field trip configurations and the subsequent affective and cognitive influences provided the motivation for this study of Outside Day-an environmental education field trip for 6th-grade students. The participants were immediately postassessed on their attitudes toward the event and 1 month later assessed on their event activity recall. Results indicate the students held positive attitudes toward the field trip and recalled a hands-on orienteering activity most frequently. The discussion provides explanations and implications of findings.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2011.576715

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