29Nov 2017

EFFECT OF KWL-PLUS STRATEGY ON ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT AMONG EDUCATION COLLEGE STUDENTS.

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The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of KWL-Plus strategy on Environmental awareness and attitude towards Environment among Education College students. The quasi experimental method was used. The participants were chosen using intentional technique and consisted of (69) third-year students from Physics and Mathematics Departments in the College of Education at Ibb University, Yemen. Mathematics students were assigned as an experimental group and the Physics students were also assigned as a control group. To accomplish the objectives of the research, two instruments were prepared; an Environmental awareness test and an attitude scale towards Environment. Independent Sample t-test was employed to find out the significant difference in Environmental awareness and attitude towards Environment. The 't' value for the post-means of experimental group and control group on Environmental awareness was significant (p˂0.05) in favor of experimental group. In addition, the 't' value for the post-means of experimental group and control group on attitude towards Environment was not significant (p>0.05).

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[Abdullah Hasan M. Abdulrab. (2017); EFFECT OF KWL-PLUS STRATEGY ON ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT AMONG EDUCATION COLLEGE STUDENTS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Nov). 1187-1195] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Abdullah Hasan M. Abdulrab
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Coimbatore

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5883      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5883

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