The Enhancing of Knowledge and Attitude towards Application of Geographic Information System in the Initial Environmental Evaluation

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to develop learning plans of application of geographic information systems in initial environmental evaluation to be efficient and effective and to enhance knowledge and attitude of undergraduate students before and after the class and undergraduate students with different gender. The sample used in the research were 4^th year 104 undergraduate students in Environmental Education program, Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahasarakham University, which was obtained by purposive sampling. The research instruments were learning plans, knowledge test and attitude test. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and F-test. The results of the research showed that 1) learning plansof application geographic information systems in initial environmental evaluation were an efficiency at 91.42 /80.67, the index of effectiveness was 0.7034, meaning that students had increased knowledge and effected undergraduate students having more learning progress increased after the class. 2) After the class, they had higher average score of knowledge and attitude towards application of geographic information systems in initial environmental evaluation than before the class with statistical significance at the level of 05. 3) There was no difference of average score of knowledge and attitude of the students with different gender.