The aim of current research is to measuring the environmental awareness of Tishreen
University students, by using the "Environmental Awareness Scale" which had been
prepared by "Schahn" in its amended third form (1999) after being standardized on t
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Syrian environment. The research aimed to identify the differences in the degrees of
environmental awareness among members of the research sample according to each of the
following variables: Faculty type (theoretical-practical), gender (males-females), and the
academic year. This research was conducted on a sample of (850) students (males-females)
in the University of Tishreen to extract the psychometric properties of the scale and to
check the significance of validity and reliability. The researchers used arbitrators' sincerity,
honesty, and internal consistency to verify the veracity of scale's statements. Reliability
was verified through consistency and repeated reliability, by using Cronbach's Alpha
equation by split-half. The results found out that the values of honesty and reliability
coefficients were high and statistically significant and demonstrated the validity of the
scale. It was also showed there were statistically significant differences in the level of
environmental awareness among male and female students. While no clear differences
were shown among students that were related to the college type and school year variables.
