Evaluated existing purposes of the Iowa Conservation Education Center, identifying current users' perceptions of the goals/missions of the center. Indicates that the methodology employed could be implemented by other nature centers considering assessment of existing mission statements or identifying new mission statements. (JN)

This statewide study attempted to survey secondary environmental education programs concerning content areas, student evaluation, teaching strategies, teacher-training, and objectives. The Colorado survey was compared to a national survey indicating similarities and areas for improvement. (MR)

Discusses the meaning and objectives of environmental education and the methods for and purpose of evaluation in this discipline. Provides a broad, working definition of environmental education, suggesting that such broad definitions necessitate the identification of a few measurable objectives as "indicators" of an environmental…

Provides an overview of recent and current activity in environmental education, particularly as it relates to program evaluation in elementary/secondary schools. Areas addressed include goals/objectives; environmental concepts; attitudes, behaviors values; skills; settings, methods, themes; teacher effectiveness; and evaluation needs. Includes…

Describes goal/objectives, course content/materials, context/users/beneficiaries, and transferability of the Maine Studies Curriculum, a state-validated demonstration project taught as part of the regular school curriculum. Also describes project evaluation (pilot testing, interpretability of measures, credibility of evidence, evidence of impact…

Determined: (1) if students (N=69) learned wildlife information resulting from a zoo field trip; (2) teacher's objectives for the trip; and (3) differences between teachers who did and did not integrate a zoo field trip into classroom teaching. Results indicate among others, that learning (as defined in the study) did occur. (Author/JN)

Enumerates, in a checklist form, the characteristics of well-developed, effective instructional programs for the purpose of providing criteria for the review of environmental education programs, the quality of individual program objectives, and the technical characteristics used in meeting the objectives. (eight references) (Author/MCO)

Content analysis of 56 reports on tropical conservation education programs published between 1975 and 1990 revealed that fewer than half of the programs were successful in achieving their objectives. Use of either formative or long-term evaluations in the program design was correlated with significantly higher rates of program success, as was…