dc.contributor.advisor | Caneday, Lowell | |
dc.contributor.author | Randall, Teresa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-26T08:34:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-26T08:34:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/7543 | |
dc.description.abstract | Scope and Method of Study: | |
dc.description.abstract | This study was conducted at the Oklahoma City Zoo in fall 2010 and subjects were students' ages 14-18 who either participated in a formal conservation education class led by zoo educators or in a field trip in which they were engaged in free-choice learning. Two research questions were: 1) Does a trip to the zoo affect conservation attitudes and 2) does learning experience, free-choice or formal, affect conservation attitudes? | |
dc.description.abstract | A criterion group design was used and the instrument used to measure conservation attitudes was Tool 4 from the Visitor Evaluation Toolbox produced by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums MIRP study (Falk, J., Bronnenkant, K., Vernon, C., & Heimlich, J., 2009). Group one (N=110) engaged in a free-choice (field trip only) experience and group two (N=367) engaged in a formal conservation education class. The survey was administered retrospectively to both groups upon completion of their learning experience at the zoo. | |
dc.description.abstract | Findings and Conclusions: | |
dc.description.abstract | Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 17.0. A paired sample t-test showed the overall mean within both groups increased in a positive direction from 67.965 (retrospective) to 72.345 (present). With and ? set at .05 the two-tailed probability was <0.001, therefore confirming that the change in conservation attitudes was significant. An independent sample t-test of the change in scores between the groups produced p values of 0.792 and 0.773 and revealed that the change was not significant. | |
dc.description.abstract | Findings did illustrate that a trip to the zoo did positively and significantly affect conservation attitudes among teens and that the type of learning experience did not significantly affect change in conservation attitude scores. | |
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dc.language | en_US | |
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dc.title | Assessment of change in conservation attitudes through zoo education | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Edwards, Steve | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Halihan, Todd | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Thomas, Julie | |
osu.filename | Randall_okstate_0664D_11358 | |
osu.accesstype | Open Access | |
dc.type.genre | Dissertation | |
dc.type.material | Text | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Environmental Science | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Oklahoma State University | |