footprintscore

Quantative Evaluation
Table 4 - Ecological Footprint Scores

footprintscore

First Score 110 270 200 225 170 120 215 200 155 290 290 230 255 245 290 100 370 290 290 290 270 205 290 270 245	Second Score 125 270 102 180 119 120 200 113 105 152 290 191 215 203 123 95 253 260 250 250 225 117 290 218 239	First Score 290 210 225 185 185 105 120 120 110 200 200 210 100 285 185 100 230 275 220 200 230 115 250 210 255 255	Second Score 370 111 200 184 250 219 216 196 172 199 299 274 233 225 117 205 293 259 300 212 171 176 169 205 276 385

Discussion
From the available data the following trends can be identified: 56% of pupils saw their scores decrease from the beginning to the end of the project. It can be argued that a drop of more than 30 in the score represents a significant shift in behaviour. Under these criteria 37.5% of pupils showed a decrease.

Limitations

Feedback from teachers indicated that when footprint scores were revisited children began to think lower scores were ‘right’ and this may well have influenced results
Between classes there were some inconsistencies with large variations between the initial and revisited score
More generally the scoring categories were often not directly under the influence of the child (e.g. choices of transport, holidays and so on), and any change detected has to be seen in this context