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Factors Influencing Schoolchildren's Responses to a Questionnaire in Wildlife Conservation Education
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Direct linkBallouard, 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)
Štefaniková, Sona; Prokop, Pavol – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
The popularity of science education is decreasing in certain parts of the world and negative attitudes toward science are common in learners from various cultures. Learners' interest in science and the effectiveness of their memory can be enhanced by utilizing modern concepts of an evolutionary-based approach in psychology. Survival-relevant…
Descriptors: Pictorial Stimuli, Oral Language, Learning Strategies, Animals
Download full textHummel, Eberhard; Fancovicová, Jana; Randler, Christoph; Ozel, Murat; Usak, Muhammet; Medina-Jerez, William; Prokop, Pavol – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
Birds are one of the most important species that can help protect biodiversity. Although birds are important beings for biodiversity and human existence, there is a relatively less quantity of research that has investigated the interest in and attitudes toward birds. This study aims to investigate the knowledge level of and attitudes toward birds…
Descriptors: Animals, Questionnaires, Student Interests, Cross Cultural Studies
Prokop, Pavol; Medina-Jerez, William; Coleman, Joy; Fancovicová, Jana; Özel, Murat; Fedor, Peter – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
Amphibians play an important role in the functioning of ecosystems and some of them inhabit human gardens where they can successfully reproduce. The decline of amphibian diversity worldwide suggests that people may play a crucial role in their survival. We conducted a cross-cultural study on high school students' tolerance of frogs in Chile,…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Animals, Science Instruction, Psychological Patterns
Fancovicova, Jana; Prokop, Pavol; Leskova, Andrea – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2013
Animal dissections are essential parts of anatomy/zoology courses, but their effectiveness is influenced by student attitudes and emotions. Here we examined attitudes toward dissections in 397 prospective biology teachers enrolling two Slovak universities. Perceived disgust of dissections negatively correlated with other attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Laboratory Procedures, Animals, Preservice Teachers
Prokop, Pavol; Kubiatko, Milan – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
Investigating predictors of environmental attitudes may bring valuable benefits in terms of improving public awareness about biodiversity degradation and increased pro-environmental behaviour. Here we used an evolutionary approach to study environmental attitudes based on disease-threat model. We hypothesized that people vulnerable to diseases may…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Diseases, Student Attitudes, Conservation (Environment)
Prokop, Pavol; Usak, Muhammet; Erdogan, Mehmet; Fancovicova, Jana; Bahar, Mehmet – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2011
Human perceives invertebrates less positively than vertebrates because they are small and behaviourally and morphologically unfamiliar. This cross-cultural research focused on Slovakian (n=150) and Turkish (n=164) students' fear, disgust and perceived danger regarding 25 invertebrates [including 5 disease relevant adult insects, 5 ectoparasites, 5…
Descriptors: Animals, Females, Diseases, Entomology
Prokop, Pavol; Kubiatko, Milan; Fancovicova – Research in Science Education, 2007
Research into children's ideas showed that children's interpretations of natural phenomena often differ from those of scientists. The aim of our study was to identify children's ideas of various age classes (7/8-14/15) about birds. A questionnaire with 31 multiple choice and open ended questions and eight photographs were administered to 495…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Animals
Prokop, Pavol; Rodak, Rastislav – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2009
A pupil's ability to identify common organisms is necessary for acquiring further knowledge of biology. We investigated how pupils were able to identify 25 bird species following their song, growth habits, or both features presented simultaneously. Just about 19% of birds were successfully identified by song, about 39% by growth habit, and 45% of…
Descriptors: Singing, Biology, Science Instruction, Ecology
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
Prokop, Pavol; Prokop, Matej; Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale; Diran, Carla – Journal of Biological Education, 2007
Children's understanding about animal internal structure can be affected by several factors which are poorly understood by teachers. We conducted a large sample study (n=702) of children aged 6-16 years (Grades 1-9) examining children's responses to animals of various size, species and dimensions (2D and 3D objects), and exploring factors which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animals, Childhood Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Prokop, Pavol; Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2008
Knowledge of animals may influence children's beliefs and behaviour toward them, thus building positive attitudes toward animals is one of main goals of environmental education programmes. Although keeping animals contributes to the increase of children's positive attitudes toward wild animals, pet owners show similar negative attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Animals, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Misconceptions
