An emotional connection to nature, rather than conservation knowledge, is a powerful predictor of children's conservation behavior¶

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q2 i? Emotional connection to nature explains 69% of the variance in children's conservation behavior, while conservation knowledge is relatively unimportant in predicting it. → Kuo M 2019

Evidence¶

Kuo M 2019¶

Kuo M, Barnes M and Jordan C (2019) Do Experiences With Nature Promote Learning? Converging Evidence of a Cause-and-Effect Relationship. Front. Psychol. 10:305. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00305

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The review reports, citing Otto and Pensini (2017), that "an emotional connection to nature... is a powerful predictor of children's conservation behavior, explaining 69% of the variance", whereas conservation knowledge is relatively unimportant in predicting conservation behavior. The 69% figure is variance explained, not a standardized effect size.

"an emotional connection to nature, which may be more difficult to acquire in a classroom, is a powerful predictor of children's conservation behavior, explaining 69% of the variance (Otto and Pensini, 2017)"

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