The effect of hands-on activities on children’s knowledge and disgust for animals

摘要: AbstractResearch has shown that hands-on activities in biology/science education tend to improve children’s attitudes towards science. These can influence interest various ways, perhaps because they invoke varying emotions. We used a sample of 10–12-year-old children (n = 142) examine the effect with living snails on achievements and disgust sensitivity. Children received significantly higher knowledge scores about measured both test analyses drawings as compared control who traditional lecture without snails. Disgust sensitivity was lower experimental group scored scale score. It would seem emotion negatively correlates achievement.