Development and Implementation of a Refuse Segregation Game for Environmental Education

Abstract

Refuse problem is one of familiar environmental problems. It is necessary to segregate refuse properly according to whether it should be recycled or not in order to reduce amount of refuse. For the purpose, it is necessary for individuals to learn about proper knowledge for refuse segregation. This study thus aims to develop a computer game for refuse segregation which enables to be accommodated in national self-governing bodies as a case of environmental education. This computer game is type of dropping and guiding game with simple handling and can be accommodated easily for a self-governing body by inputting data for sorts of refuse or number of segregation. Experimental testing of the game was conducted as subjects of 114 elementary school students. As for 20 refuses segregation test, 16.7 refuses were answered correctly, and after the experiment, the number went up to 19.2. According to the questionnaires, the 80% of students answered that they could learn the refuse segregation pleasantly. It is thus possible to conclude that validity of the game was verified.