EVALUATION OF A BICYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN

This report describes a project that evaluated a bicycle safety education curriculum for elementary school-age children. Entitled "The Basics of Bicycling," it was developed jointly by the N.C. Department of Transportation Bicycle Program and the Bicycle Federation of America. In this evaluation, the following questions needed answering: (1) Is this a reasonable curriculum to implement?, (2) How do teachers feel about the curriculum? Administrators?, (3) What kind of training do teachers need before they can teach the program?, (4) What changes can improve the presentation of the curriculum?, (5) What logistical problems are there in teaching the on-bike lessons?, and (6) Do children like the curriculum? etc. The setting for the evaluation was two elementary schools in Mebane, North Carolina, a community of 3,800 residents. Two elementary schools in nearby Graham, North Carolina served as comparison sites during the spring and summer of 1990.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Highway Safety Research Center
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599
• Authors:
  • Stutts, J C
  • Hunter, W W
• Publication Date: 1990-12

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 51 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Children; Curricula; Cyclists; Safety education; Safety programs; School children; Teachers
• Geographic Terms: North Carolina
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00610860
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HSRC-PR170
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1991 12:00AM