The effects of character education on fourth grade students' attitudes toward in-school behavior

<p>The purpose of this study was to show that students would benefit from learning about character education in a classroom setting. This study used scores from a pre-test and post-test which was designed with character development scenarios taken by fourth grade students in a rural elementary school after they participated in a character education unit.</p> <p>Eighteen (n = 18) participated in this quasi-experimental study. The results were analyzed to find the significance of the relationship between the students' scores on the pre-test and post-test. The Sign test indicated there was no significant change between the scores on the pre-test and the scores on the post-test (<em>p</em> = 0.582, α = .05). Therefore, it was concluded that students who participated in a character education unit did not show a significant change between their scores on the pre-test and post-test.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S. in Teaching

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Education

Year dc:date.available

2002

Author dc:creator

• Snyder, Jenna S.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Robinson, Randall S.

• Fourth grade (Education); Moral education (Elementary)
• Elementary Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1514

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-2514