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Trans. Planning Journal
| Title | Assessment of the Performance of Traffic Safety Education for Elementary School Students — A Case Study for the Students at Chia-Yi Experimental Elementary School |
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| Author | Li-Yen Chang, Chia-Lien Kao |
| Summary | Traffic education program is an essential part of national transportation safety programs in Taiwan. However, traffic education program has not received enough attention and has been conducted on a non-regular basis in the elementary schools. To make the traffic education program more effective within limited time and resources, teaching strategies, methods, and materials should be carefully examined. This study applied statistically designed experiments to assess how different teaching strategies can affect the learning outcomes of traffic education for elementary school students. The 2nd and 3rd grade students at Chia-Yi Experimental Elementary School were selected in this study. Four of the five classes in each grade were randomly assigned to the experimental groups, and the fifth class was assigned to the control group. The experimental groups received various teaching treatments, including hours of teaching, teaching methods, and/or teaching materials. The control group received pre- and post-tests only. The comparisons between education and control groups show that traffic education can significantly increase the students’ traffic knowledge. For the 2nd grade students, randomized block design was applied to evaluate their leaning outcomes of traffic control devices and the results indicated that hours of teaching and teaching method can significantly influence the learning outcomes, while the gender and student’s academic performance (treated as the block) did not have significant influence. For the 3rd grade students, the imbalanced nested design was used to evaluate their leaning outcomes of traffic rules and the results indicated that teaching method can significantly influence the learning outcomes. This study concluded that traffic education program can increase the knowledge of traffic safety for the elementary school students and also provided the practical suggestions for the designs of traffic education programs. |
| Vol. | 35 |
| No. | 2 |
| Page | 261 |
| Year | 2006 |
| Month | 6 |
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