The development and evaluation of Keep of the grass: An environmental board game for kids

• Main Authors: Guinto, Paula Rosario A., Sotelo, Sharon Ann B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1994
• Subjects: Environmental education—Activity programs; Children and the environment; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/3778
• Institution: De La Salle University

Keep off the grass: An environmental board game for kids was developed by the researchers to answer two needs, the need to promote environmental learning to children and the need for toys that also serve as learning tools. It was designed for children between the ages of 7-11 from the high socio-economic class. This study focuses on the development and evaluation of the said board game. It is divided into three phases namely, the needs analysis phase, the development of the material phase, and the evaluation of the material. The first phase was designed to assess whether or not such a need to promote environmental awareness among children existed. This was done through the use of a survey questionnaire distributed to 45 grade school teachers and principals. Results of the survey forms indicate that such a need does exist. Selected literature and consultations with children and teachers alike were the basis for the information inherent in the board game Testing and evaluation of the board game was done using a pretest-posttest design. The population of subjects was composed of children from grades 3 to 4, who came from the high socio-economic level, and whose ages ranged from 7 to 11. The sample size is 36 and was obtained through a random sampling procedure. The results of the t-test for dependent data showed significant difference in pretest and posttest scores of the experimental group (t=8.275, p.05). The t-test for independent data was used to show difference in gain scores of the experimental, the control group. Results showed significant change for the experimental group (t;"was used for an item by item analysis of the pretest scores and post test scores of the experimental group. Results of this showed significant change in 8 items."