A Preliminary Evaluation of the Effects of a Science Education Curriculum on Changes in Knowledge of Drugs in Youth

Autor/inn/en	Holtz, Kristen D.; Twombly, Eric C.
Titel	A Preliminary Evaluation of the Effects of a Science Education Curriculum on Changes in Knowledge of Drugs in Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Drug Education, 37 (2007) 3, S.317-333 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2379
Schlagwörter	Grade 5; Pretests Posttests; Prevention; Narcotics; Behavior Modification; Science Education; Quasiexperimental Design; Drinking; Behavior Change; Curriculum Development; Drug Use; Health Education; Knowledge Level; Teaching Methods; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Narcotic; Betäubungsmittel; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Trinken; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Wissensbasis; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Drug and alcohol use among youth remains pervasively high, but students are receiving less school-based prevention. Infusing health information into core curricula may be a valuable prevention approach. Therefore, behavior change theory was used to develop a science education curriculum on drugs for fourth- and fifth-grade students, which was then evaluated using a pretest/posttest quasi-experimental design. Exposure to the curriculum was associated with a change in knowledge; other characteristics such as grade level played a role. More positive attitudes toward science at pretest predicted greater knowledge change, and students who knew less at the start showed a greater change in knowledge. Results of this evaluation may support the efficacy of the curriculum and the utility of combining behavior change theory with educational approaches. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10