Evaluating Students’ Knowledge, Attitude and Perception on Climate Change

Abstract

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges ever to confront humanity. Its adverse effect is already being seen and may consequently intensify if nothing is done. As an advocate of climate change mitigation, the researcher conducted a study that determines the knowledge, attitude and perception of 210 tertiary students from Isabela State University in Northern Luzon, Philippines. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentage, one-way ANOVA, t-test and Pearson r. The results revealed that the respondents have a high knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change, there is a significant relationship that exists between the students’ perception and attitude on climate change. However, the perception of male and female respondents on climate change differ significantly.