Journal of Youth Development (Jun 2014)

Measuring the Effectiveness of the Leave No Trace PEAK Program

  • Jennifer Miller,
  • Eddie Hill,
  • Amy Shellman,
  • Ron Ramsing,
  • Ben Lawhon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2014.59
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 52 – 64

Abstract

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The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics developed the Promoting Environmental Awareness in Kids (PEAK) program to teach children the seven Leave No Trace principles. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the PEAK program. A significant increase was found between the pre-test (M = 3.41, SD = .34) and the post-test (M = 3.61, SD = .36) with the post-test scores being significantly higher, F(1, 140) = 11.15, p