Abstract
The purpose of this study was to design an Evaluation Scale of Nature-experience Programs for elementary and lowersecondary school children, and to evaluate the programs easily and continuously.
The survey was conducted by using a questionnaire for 253 boys and 188 girls, ranging from fourth to ninth graders who participated in 15 nature-experience programs (3-nights-and-4-days camps to 17-nights-and-18-days camps). As the result of Maximum-Likelihood factor analysis, five factors were extracted: Self-judgment (Factor I), Sensibility tonature (Factor II), Leadership (Factor Ill), Skills of interpersonal relationship (Factor IV), Self-advancement (Factor V).
Reliability was confirmed with the use of Cronbach's coefficient a and test-retest method. Validity was examined using two scales. One is the Self-advancement scale by Kajita (1988). The other is the Self-determination and Competence in College students devised by Sakurai (1993) which was modified to apply for elementary and lowersecondary school children.
