Abstract
The curriculum, “Every Day, Lots of Ways,” focuses on the topics of “5-A-Day” for the k-lst grades and the Food Guide Pyramid for 2nd-6th grades. Quantitative evaluation methodology included distribution of a survey to 181 teachers before and after they had implemented the curriculum in their classrooms. Questions were designed to assess teachers’ nutrition knowledge, including their knowledge of food groups and serving sizes, their attitudes toward nutrition, and their perceptions of the curriculum. 52% of the teachers returned the pre-survey; 48% returned the post-survey. Teachers’ overall nutrition knowledge (p=.005) as well as subscales of knowledge about food groups and serving sizes (p=.0001 and p=.001, respectively), improved significantly after teaching the curriculum. A significant difference was found in overall knowledge (F=9.02, p=.0001), knowledge of food groups(F=4.79, p=.0045) and serving sizes (F=7.95, p=.0001), and general nutrition knowledge (F=3.32, p=.0255) between the number of college nutrition credits taken by teachers using the pre-test score as a covariate. A significant difference in attitude toward nutrition (F=6.16, p=.0010) was also found between the number of college nutrition credits taken by teachers, using the pre-test score as a covariate. Teachers’ perceptions of the curriculum were very favorable. Mean scores rating various aspects of the curriculum ranged from 7.52-8.21 on a 10 point scale, with 10 being “excellent.” Satisfaction with effectiveness of overall curriculum was strongly related to effectiveness of lesson objectives, teacher background information and lesson extensions, and degree of grade appropriateness (F=77.80, p<.001). The regression model explained 85% of the variance in satisfaction with effectiveness of overall curriculum. These results show that teachers’ nutrition knowledge and attitudes can improve after teaching an elementary level nutrition curriculum.
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