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Lindemann-Matthies, P. (2005). ‘Loveable’ mammals and ‘lifeless’ plants: how children’s interest in common local organisms can be enhanced through observation of nature, International Journal of Science Education, 27, 655-677.

URL: doi.org/10.1080/09500690500038116


Abstract
This study investigated which plants and animals Swiss children found most attractive and evaluated the effect of an educational programme on children's preferences for species. More than 4000 pupils (8–16 years old) from 248 classes participated in the study. Possible effects of the programme were studied with the help of questionnaires using a pretest/posttest-design with an experimental group that participated in the programme and a control group that did not. Before the start of t


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