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MODULE 7
Member 1: Perez Darren Glenn

Research Title: Quantifying Ecological Literacy in an Adult Western Community: The Development and Application of a New Assessment Tool
and Community Standard.

Reference: Pitman, S., & Daniels, C. (2016, March 03). Quantifying Ecological Literacy in an Adult Western Community: The
Development and Application of a New Assessment Tool and Community Standard. Retrieved November 11, 2020, from:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0150648&fbclid=IwAR35OpCsWEY-
V8fnLEBbDoUaIXL4H3paK8mjvY65jy00u2wCBqpHeXHALGk

Member 2: Orinion Allyssa Meir

Research Title : Environmental Education and Biodiversity Concern: Beyond the Ecological Literacy

Reference: Saito, C. (2013). Environmental Education and Biodiversity Concern: Beyond the Ecological Literacy. American Journal of
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8(1). https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=10&q=ecological
%20literacy&hl=tl&as_sdt=0%2C5&fbclid=IwAR1mMQXwWpfx6X0XFVBUQbojf-Mv4LISYqJtOsQJkrbLv9VY9Uz1PirgfGI -
d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DQNZaaNgpeFkJ

Member 3: Saboy Jelly March

Research Title: : Engaging Youth in Public Lands Monitoring: Opportunities for Enhancing Ecological literacy and Environmental Stewardship.

Reference: Pitt A., Schultz C., Vaske J., (2019), Engaging Youth in Public Lands Monitoring: Opportunities for Enhancing Ecological Literacy
and Environmental Stewardship., Environmental Education Research Journal., Vol.25, Do. 1080113504622.2019.1649368.,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335104318.

Member 4: Saddoy Leighza Grace

Research Title: Swamps, Flat Earthers and Boughs of Holly: Encountering the Natural World of Poetics of Environmental Literacy.

Reference: Ryden, Wendy (2019) "Swamps, Flat Earthers, and Boughs of Holly: “Encountering” the Natural World and the Poetics of
Environmental Literacy," The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning: Vol. 24 , Article 5.
Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/jaepl/vol24/iss1/5?fbclid=IwAR0C5i8__VC-eKUWv1T4yeCNe2YP6-
nGJXrvt5vaa2EhPu3XrIrzWR5HkmY

Member 5: Santillan Marie Joey

Research Title: Evaluation and Analysis of Coordinated Development of Ecological Environment and Economy.

Reference: Zangen, L. and Liming, Z. (2019) Evaluation and Analysis of Coordinated Development of Ecological Environment and Economy.
Fresen. Environ. Bull. 28(5), 4049-4059.

Member 6: Tamondong Gwynette.

Research Title. Open Defecation and Childhood Stunting in India: An Ecological Analysis of New Data from 112 Districts.

Reference: Spears, D., Ghosh, A., & Cumming, O. (n.d.). Open Defecation and Childhood Stunting in India: An Ecological Analysis of New
Data from 112 Districts. Retrieved November 11, 2020, from https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?
id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0073784&fbclid=IwAR3_7lLpduq9QldgB1Hf0gBnbRJp3yGfo8NN-vgzS1-L55Ym_FX86v7zXTg

MODULE 8
“’Assessment of STEM students’ Naturalist Intelligence and Environmental Awareness ”
Writing the Introduction:

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Assign one member to collate the submittals of the other members. The member who will do this will not
do the following task:
Members will look for related literature regarding the main problem of your research topic, say AIR
POLLUTION. In that article, summarize the need in conducting the study. Include your reference. (USE
THE ‘RESEARCH TEMPLATE’ FOR THE INTRODUCTION)

Darren Glenn Perez

The environment plays a significant role to support life on earth. It is related to not
only environment but with everyone that lives on the planet. The everyday activities of
humans are constantly degrading the quality of the environment which ultimately results in the
loss of survival condition from the earth. Nevertheless, humans are the main managers of the
environment with the ability and expertise to manage the environment and utilize the existing
resources on an ongoing basis. Students in universities being an important part of responses to
reduce environmental problems and bear profound responsibilities to increase the awareness to
create an environmentally sustainable future. The study focuses on naturalistic intelligence from
one of the Multiple Intelligences Theory by Howard Gardner. Environmental awareness among
students is important to be implemented from the education gained by preserving the
environment and the resources existing on earth [5]. The less maximal behavior and
environmental awareness on students are likely to occur because of the differences in students’
cognitive abilities. This is explained by Gardner as a difference in human intelligence known
as multiple intelligence. Naturalistic intelligence is a new addition that meets the criteria as an
intelligence. It is a skill that a person possesses in recognizing and classifying various species
found in the environment.
Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the naturalistic intelligence contributes to the
positive attitudes and behaviors towards the environment. Further, analysis needs to be carried
out about the relationship between naturalistic intelligence and environmental awareness
among students in dealing with environmental problems. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure
that the naturalistic intelligence contributes to the positive attitudes and behaviors towards the
environment. Further, analysis needs to be carried out about the relationship between
naturalistic intelligence and environmental awareness among students in dealing with
environmental problems.

Reference: Ningrum Z.B., Soesilo T. E. B., and Herdiansyah H. (2018). Naturalistic Intelligence
and Environmental Awareness among Graduate Students. Retrieved
November11,2020,fromhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/329213547_Naturalistic_Intellig
ence_and_Environmental_Awareness_among_Graduate_Students .
Marie Joey Santillan

Ecological literacy is the ability to understand the natural system that is related to our
life. It is a way of thinking about the world in terms of interactions within natural systems
including a consideration of the consequences of human actions. An ecological literacy equips
students with the knowledge and competencies necessary to address solution of environmental
issues in an integrated way. The study is an interview session to explore the ecological literacy
among secondary school students. The instruments used to probe students’ ecological literacy are

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several pictures about the environment around them. Connecting students to natural systems
provides them with a deep sense of surrounding and understanding of their local environment. The
findings revealed that students’ ecological literacy is limited. They cannot relate what they learn in
class with their surroundings. It also suggests future study directed towards enhancing students’
ecological literacy.

Reference: Adawiah R. and Esa N. (2013). Ecological Literacy among Secondary School
Students. School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
263011210_Ecological_Literacy_among_Secondary_School_Students?fbclid=IwAR3FJ-
8PjESPkqoU5TXD3szHiCqGU2VI2TvOVfnhajrT6oDmv472_eXjDsI
Gwynette Tamondong

This research talks about Howard Gardener’s Multiple Intelligence theory that includes
Naturalistic intelligence. It states here that individuals with high NI are likely to do well in diverse
nature related careers and can contribute towards sustainable management and conservation of
nature. Intelligence is a bio-psychological potential for processing information that can be
activated in a cultural environment to solve problems or create cultural valued products.
Naturalistic intelligence is selected because it becomes one of the dominant intelligences in a
person who focuses on understanding the environment. A person who understands nature
should have a developed naturalistic intelligence because they are in a place surrounded by
natural experts and often engaged in direct interaction with them. It becomes a factor that will
increase their knowledge of nature and develop their naturalist intelligence. Naturalistic
intelligence is the ability to understand the natural environment well, can create other
consequential distinctions in the nature of nature; the ability to understand and enjoy nature,
and use that ability productively [8]. Naturalistic intelligence is defined as the expertise in
identifying and classifying various species that exist in the individual’s environment, it also
includes sensitivity to other natural phenomena.
Reference: Watve, Aparna & Watve, Sujala. (2018). Naturalistic Intelligence (NI): Nature
andNurture.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330277052_Naturalistic_Intelligence_NI
_Nature_and_Nurture?
fbclid=IwAR2HtW2K_7krQsWIhSrHzjs4ZbSOJVwbjeTToBwT9iT8Dleki6Tmlp0dCEg
Leighza Grace Saddoy

The Environmental issues are major global problem of important concern. Due to
increasing human population and developments in every sector, the environmental related issues
are multiplying in the recent years with a diversity of problems focusing the ultimate need for
alternative sustainable technologies to safeguard our mother nature. The human’s desire to modern
technologies and changing life style patterns pose serious threat on the environment and due to the
fact, the pollution levels are alarming day by day. In order to achieve the sustainable and equitable
developments, it is so significant to choose policies and programme that support efficient use of
resources and implement technologies which show the way to reduce the environmental damage,
thus result in sustainable development.
There is a dire need of environmental awareness on every aspects of the environment
and conservation of natural resources and biodiversity so as to produce socially responsible
citizens of the tomorrow. Creating better environmental practices among the school students is
one of such initiative to achieve environmental protection by inculcating moral values and

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sustainable practices among them to develop as role model in the society.

Reference: Anbalag G. & Shanti K. (2015), A Study on Environmental Awareness and

Related Practices Among the Highschool Students at Madurai District, Tamil Nadi.,
IndianStreamsJournal,Vol.5,ISSN2230-7335.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304205546_A_STUDY_ON_ENVIRONMENTAL_
AWARENESS_AND_RELATED_PRACTICES_AMONG_THE_HIGH_SCHOOL_STUDE
NTS_AT_MADURAI_DISTRICT_TAMIL_NADU?
fbclid=IwAR0i4u6V_iBVSUTQYa5erJNfSjC6LDemcg-cJBg9qLgGXSzw7kiARDTAH10
Allyssa Meir Orinion

Individuals who are less aware of the environment causes environmental problems. The
effort to improve the responsible environmental behavior needs to be done due to the continuous
increasing number of environmental problems. Having this behavior makes an invidual more
responsible for the environment. Students who are responsible in the environment are capable of
minimizing environmental damage. Naturalist Intelligence corresponds with responsible
environmental behavior. The naturalist Intelligence owned by students supports the students'
awareness to be responsible for environmental condition. Therefore, students can solve
environmental problems, specially those students who have good naturalist intelligence for they
can increase their sense of responsibility towards the environment and they have the ability to
interact with their environmental conditions.

Reference: Wirdianti, N., Komala, R., & Miarsyah, M. (2019). Naturalist Intelligence and
Personality: An Understanding Students' Responsible Environmental Behavior. JPBI(Jurnal
Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia) 5(2) 229- 236.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=tl&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=naturalistic%20intelligence
%20and%20personality&btnG=&fbclid=IwAR1oFUTGdpxU2oAKT98fOFhn7c8CuTRj-
7oj_MBhgF7pS2T01iWReS-w7Q8 - d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3D396YUSyMgsgJ