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Elementary School Education in Rainforest Conservation and Reforestation in Mindanao, Philippines

BANWA Archives (2004-2013)

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Title Elementary School Education in Rainforest Conservation and Reforestation in Mindanao, Philippines
 
Creator Grier, James W.
Grier, Joyce C.
Cereño, Angelito
Montero, Rachelle
Ishiki, Harvey
Ishiki, Teresa
 
Description A series of four interactive interdisciplinary (but based on science books0 for grades two through five were created to provide educational materials on tropical rainforests for elementary schools in the Philippines. The books were produced in conjunction with Philippine and American teachers, administrators, and science education consultants. They were then used and assessed for a year in actual classrooms in a variety of six Philippine schools in Mindanao. Comparative tests before and after using the materials were given to both teachers and students in participating schools. We observed highly significant measurable learning and improvements in understanding about rainforests. There was much variability in outcomes among the different schools. A highly significant general trend among students however, was for greater improvement (gain) for students who had lower pretest scores. That trend for individual students extended to the schools, which reduced the discrepancies between public rural mountain schools and schools in urban or city settings including a private city school.
 
Publisher University of the Philippines Mindanao
 
Date 2015-09-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ojs.upmin.edu.ph/index.php/banwa-archives/article/view/20
 
Source BANWA Archives (2004-2013); Vol 3 No 1&2 (2006); 96-107
1656-3719
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ojs.upmin.edu.ph/index.php/banwa-archives/article/view/20/25
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 James W. Grier, Joyce C. Grier, Angelito Cereño, Rachelle Montero, Harvey Ishiki, Teresa Ishiki
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