Evaluation Library


The following list contains a series of summaries on all known Project WILD evaluations. Titles are provided below:

2012

• Building Capacity for Early Childhood Education with Diverse Audiences:
  Growing Up WILD Evaluation
  

2010

• Environmental Education & Ecology in a Life Science Course for Pre-service K-8 Teachers Using Project Wildlife in Learning Design by Allan Nelson, The American Biology Teacher, March 2010, pg's 156-160
  Abstract: During laboratory sessions devoted to ecology, 182 pre-service K-8 teachers participated in a Project Wildlife in Learning Design (WILD) workshop. Participants rated the workshop highly, indicated they would use more inquiry-based activities, and were more interested in teaching ecology following the workshop. Post-test scores indicated an increased content knowledge of ecology.

2009

• The Status of Environmental Education in Iowa Schools: A Survey of Barriers and Needs as Perceived by Teachers from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Aquatic Education Program
  
  

2008

• Partnerships Gone WILD: Preparing Teachers of Young Children to Teach About the Natural World by Courtney Crim, Blanche Desjean-Perrotta, and Christine Moseley
  

2006

• Students Make Natural Connections through the Integration of Social Studies and Science by Susan Pass and Christine Moseley
  

2005

• A Study of the Effectiveness of Environmental Education Curricula in Promoting Middle School Students' Critical Thinking Skills by Theresa Robinson
  

2003

• Effectiveness of Project WILD Classroom Instruction at the Middle School Level in South Dakota by Maria Swain Kearns

2002

• Project WILD Educator Survey: Instrument Development and Pilot Study Findings by Joe Heimlich, Ph.D.
  

2001

• Survey on the Usefulness of Project WILD by Luba Mycio-Mommers
• Project WILD Evaluation: Learner Knowledge and Attitude Gains by Joe E. Heimlich, Ph.D.; Diane Cantrell, PH.D.; Hongxia Duan, MS
  

2000

• Project WILD Evaluation Impact Studies I and II: Findings from Questionnaires, Observations, and Interviews Prepared by Randi Korn & Associates, Inc.
  

1998

• Nevada Division of Wildlife Project WILD Survey: Summery of Results by Grace M. Woo, Ph.D.

1996

• Effects of the Implementation of Selected Activities from Project WILD on Fifth-grade Children's Knowledge about, and Attitudes and Behaviors toward Wildlife and the Environment in Taiwan by Hsaio-Peng Hua. B.S., M.A.
  

• Measuring the Effectiveness of an Experiential Learning Approach: A Case Study Using Project WILD by Kristin Shari
  

• Utah Project WILD Needs Analysis by Bruce S. Thompson and Pamela K. Thompson
  

1995

• Measuring the Effectiveness of Experiential Learning Approach: A Case Study Using Project WILD Kristin S. Cargill

1994

• A Critical Evaluation of Training Workshops for Facilitators of Project WILD Workshops in New Hampshire for Instructing Practitioners Using These Materials by Jane Jackson

1993

• West Virginia Project WILD Survey of Use by Art Shomo

• An Assessment of an Aquatic Resources Education Program by Daniel Shaw

• Project WILD Aquatic (K-6 Aquatic Education Program) Research Summary by Barbara D. Gigar

1992

• Environmental Education Survey for Project WET/WILD: Results of Teacher and Student Responses in the State of North Dakota Bureau of Educational Services and Applied Research

• Evaluation of Project WILD Delivery Activities in Colorado by Steven J. Bissell

• An Evaluation of Volunteerism in Project Learning Tree and Project WILD in Texas by Janice Schnake Greene

• Evaluation of Project WILD: The State of Washington 1984-1992 by Margaret Tudor, Ph.D.

• A Preliminary Survey Use of Project WILD/Aquatic WILD by Urban Teachers by Miriam L. Dunne

1991

• A Study of Project WILD's Impact on the Students of Exemplary Teachers by Lynette Fleming, Ph.D.

• Characteristics and Motives of Volunteer Facilitators of Project WILD in Ohio by Barbara Scott Goman

• Project WILD: Report Addendum -- Usage and Workshop Length; Aquatic Guide by Standag Accureach

1990

• Results of the Project WILD Survey -- 1990 North Carolina

• An Evaluation of Project WILD's Effect on Student Knowledge and Attitude Toward WIldlife in Colorado by Therese M. Race

• Summary: Arizona Project WILD 1990 -- Survey of Use

• User and Non-user Assessment Study of Project WILD Materials by Standage Accureach, Inc.

1989

• A Study of Environmental Education: Attitudes and Practices Among Teachers at the Secondary Level by Margo Farnsworth
• Effect of Project WILD on Fourth Grade Students in Wisconsin by Susan Gilchrist

• The Impact of Project WILD on Fourth Grade Students by Susan Gilchrist

1988

• An Assessment of the Use and Effectiveness of Project WILD (Wildlife in Learning Design) by Teachers and Youth Leaders in Oklahoma by Cynthia Leann Smith

• Evaluation of Teacher Use of Project WILD by Dorothea A. Zosel

1987

• Environmental Education and its Effect on Students' Attitudes Toward the Curriculum by Denece Gleed Schwartz

• A Case Study Analysis of Curriculum Implementation as Exemplified by Project WILD in One Midwestern State by Diane C. Cantrell

1986

• Project WILD Survey of Use and Needs by Cheryl Charles, Ph.D.

• A Statewide Survey of Project WILD in Ohio: Final Report by Diance C. Cantrell

1985

• Evaluation Report of the 1985 Implementation of Project WILD in the Elementary Schools of Lee County, Florida by M. Lynette Fleming

• Montana Project WILD Survey Results by Vince Yannone

1983

• Project WILD Evaluation: Final Report of Field Test by M. Lynette Fleming