Analysis of Learning Effects While Paying Attention to Environmental Load: Through a Hands-On Water Quality Survey Targeting Fifth-Grade Elementary School Students

Abstract

We analyzed the learning effects of a water quality survey, paying attention to the environmental burden for elementary school students. From Spearman’s correlation coefficient, it was found that there is a slight correlation between the understanding of the survey method and the attitude of environmental conservation, the cognition of influence on the human environment and the attitude of environmental conservation. In the path analysis, a causal relation from the perception of the influence on human environment to the attitude of environmental conservation was recognized. Perceiving the impact of human activities by paying attention to the environmental burden may encourage the formation of an attitude of environmental preservation.