Effective Environmental Education through Half-Day Teaching Programmes Outside School

Table 5

Knowledge of and attitude towards small animals. Means for the intervention group and the control group (boys, Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test): 𝑁_testgroup = 31, 𝑁_controlgroup = 33.

Boys	Intervention 𝑀	Control 𝑀	𝑍-value	𝑃-level
Scientifically correct statements	9,39	8,09	1,11	0,269
Misconceptions	0,54	1,52	−3,44	0,001***
Knowledge	8,84	6,58	2,03	0,042*
Positive Emotions	0,48	0,24	0,84	0,404
Negative Emotions	0,23	0,73	−0,71	0,477
Emotions	0,26	−0,48	1,80	0,072

* 𝑃 < 0,05; **𝑃 < 0,01; ***𝑃 < 0,001.
Knowledge: difference between correct and incorrect statements.
Emotions: difference between positive and negative emotions.