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Factors Influencing Schoolchildren's Responses to a Questionnaire in Wildlife Conservation Education
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Ballouard, Jean-Marie; Mullin, Stephen J.; Ajtic, Rastko; Brito, José Carlos; ElMouden, El Hassan; Erdogan, Mehmet; Feriche, Monica; Pleguezuelos, Juan M.; Prokop, Pavol; Sánchez, Aida; Santos, Xavier; Slimani, Tahar; Sterijovski, Bogoljub; Tomovic, Ljiljana; Usak, Muhammet; Zuffi, Marco; Bonnet, Xavier – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Questionnaires are important tools for assessing attitudes regarding conservation issues. However, they are not easily comparable and their reliability has been insufficiently assessed. We examined factors influencing responses to open- and closed-ended questions about animal conservation to more than 600 schoolchildren (9 years old on average).…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Influences, Responses, Conservation (Environment)
Effects of Keeping Animals as Pets on Children's Concepts of Vertebrates and Invertebrates
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Prokop, Pavol; Prokop, Matej; Tunnicliffe, Sue D. – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
Looking after pets provides several benefits in terms of children's social interactions, and factual and conceptual knowledge about these animals. In this study we investigated effects of rearing experiences on children's factual knowledge and alternative conceptions about animals. Data obtained from 1,541 children and 7,705 drawings showed very…
Descriptors: Animals, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Concept Formation