This study aims to strengthen elementary school students' marine environmental awareness through various learning approaches and board game activities. More specifically, jigsaw cooperative learning, game-based learning, and problem-solving learning approaches were used in this study to investigate the marine environmental awareness of elementary school students. A mixed-methods approach was employed to understand the research questions comprehensively. A total of 43 Taiwanese elementary school fifth-grade students in two classes participated in the study. Twenty-three students in Class 1 played the board game as the treatment in the experiment, and 20 students in Class 2 did not receive treatment but read articles. Quantitative data were collected by surveys and analyzed with statistical methods to measure changes in student marine environmental awareness. Qualitative data were collected by letters and interviews and analyzed thematically to understand students' perceptions and attitudes toward marine environmental problems. The results showed that the learning activities did not statistically significantly enhance marine environmental awareness among Taiwanese elementary students. Therefore, this study concluded that using jigsaw cooperative learning board games can improve elementary school students' marine environmental awareness without significant differences. Last but not least, the implications of research and practice and suggestions for future research were also mentioned in this study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2332639 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Chung, Fu-Ling |
| Contributors | Johnson, Karen R., An, Yunjo, Lee, Youngjin, Lan, Yu-Ju |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Chung, Fu-Ling, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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