ERIC Number: ED092302
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Publication Date: 1973
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Attitude Development Through Outdoor Education. Penn State HPER Series No. 1.
Millward, Robert E.
In this monograph, information for developing camp objectives, evaluation instruments, and program activities is presented. It includes: a brief treatise on the development of outdoor education programs; information related to the construction of behavioral objectives; attitude formation, change, theory, and measurement; a description of the research procedures and the school camp program along with the attitude inventory; an analysis of the research results at West Jefferson Hills School District (Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania); and a summary with conclusions based on the attitude inventory results, and recommendations for future programs. The methods for constructing objectives and developing the attitude instrument were used in developing and evaluating a sixth grade outdoor resident experience for West Jefferson Hills School District during spring 1970. Information in this monograph pertaining to the West Jefferson Hills study includes the problem statement, term definitions, study limitations, the hypotheses, a brief history of Pleasant Hill's early outdoor programs, a detailed description of the 1970 outdoor resident experience, and a description of the methodology used in constructing and piloting the attitude inventory. (NQ)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Attitude Change, Camping, Cognitive Objectives, Conservation Education, Evaluation Methods, Objectives, Outdoor Education, Program Evaluation, Psychomotor Objectives, Residential Programs
Penn State University, Penn State HPER Series, 275 Recreation Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 ($3.50)
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Authoring Institution: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Coll. of Health and Physical Education.
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