How Environmental Attitudes Interact with Cognitive Learning in a Science Lesson Module

Table 1

Exploratory factor analysis for the 2-MEV for 10 items, .

Items	PRES	UTIL
1PP: It upsets me to see the countryside taken over by building sites.	.782
7PP: Dirty industrial smokes from chimneys make me angry.	.700
15UN: Humans do not have the right to change nature as they see fit.	.592
9PP: It is interesting to know what kind of creatures live in ponds or rivers.	.566
18UN: Human beings are not more important than other creatures.	.434
17UP: We must build more roads so people can travel to the countryside.		.736
19UP: People worry too much about pollution.		.689
16UP: We need to clear forests in order to grow crops.		.568
3PN: We don’t need to set aside areas to protect endangered species.		.556
14UP: Nature is always able to restore itself.		.384
Eigenvalues	2.42	1.46
% of the variance	24.19	14.56