2006 Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 170-180
This research aimed to find out the effectiveness of activity-based materials on students’ learning process using the Project WILD which is an environmental education program focused on wildlife. This consists of over 100 activity-based materials which teachers are expected to use. The researcher used one activity entitled “Oh Deer” and tried it out at the 3rd grade level in junior high school. This activity aims to enable students to gain understanding about the change of animal population over several years.
The result showed that the students participated in the class activity more positively than in the usual classroom situation. They had a better understanding ahout the change of population, the influence of environmental factors on the life of animals, and so on. It was suggested that these activity-based teaching materials were effective in the teaching learning process.
