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SPIEEP: End of Project ReportAppendix 4. Curriculum assessment1. Baseline Survey InformationMethodA respondent-administered multiple-choice methodology was selected to give the largestsample size in the time available. A similar methodology has already been employed inVietnam and has proven suitable for this kind of assessment (PARC Ba Be/Na Hang2001).The multiple-choice question paper was designed to measure the awareness of 9 ‘facts’selected from those that will be taught over the following year. An additional question(question 10) was included to gauge attitudes regarding how an individual can help theenvironment.For each of the multiple choice questions the students were given four possible choices,and the additional option “Don’t know”. Only a single, clear response which theevaluation team agreed to be correct was accepted. In all other cases (e.g. marking twoanswers) the answer was considered wrong.Sample sizeThe evaluation team tested a total of 557 class 3 students from 6 schools from Sa PaDistrict. The schools were chosen to be representative of all the ethnic groups residing inthe area.ResultsThe average number of answers per student gives some indication of the level ofunderstanding and awareness of the sample group regarding the key themes.Only a few of the students tested chose to answer “don’t know”, preferring to select oneof the three options each time. Therefore, if every question is answered then chance alonewill produce a score of 3.3 (the average score out of 10 questions, each with threeoptions).NameSchoolofNo. of No. of EE No. of Lowest Highest AverageStudents lessonscompletedstudentstested*Score Score Score (outof 10)36 4 6 5 8 6.0Giang TaChai DaoTa Van 169 4 21 2 7 4.8Lao Chai 122 3 17 5 10 7.4Ban Ho 94 4 22 3 9 5.4Nam Sai 100 1 or 2 14 3 7 4.5Nam Sang 36 4 8 3 8 5.4San Sa Ho N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a N/aFrontier Vietnam Environment Research Report 23 38