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Effects of College Major on Ecological Worldviews: A Comparison of Business, Science, and Other Students

Larry R. Ridener

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A pretest-posttest experimental design was used to compare the ecological worldviews of college students among different academic majors. The findings, taken from an environmental education program emphasizing critical analysis and a constructivist orientation pointed to significant differences between science and business majors. Science majors had higher scores on the Ecological World-view Scale, indicating a more pro-environmental attitude, than did business

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A pretest-posttest experimental design was used to compare the ecological worldviews of college students among different academic majors. The findings, taken from an environmental education program emphasizing critical analysis and a constructivist orientation pointed to significant differences between science and business majors. Science majors had higher scores on the Ecological World-view Scale, indicating a more pro-environmental attitude, than did business

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A pretest-posttest experimental design was used to compare the ecological worldviews of college students among different academic majors. The findings, taken from an environmental education program emphasizing critical analysis and a constructivist orientation pointed to significant differences between science and business majors. Science majors had higher scores on the Ecological World-view Scale, indicating a more pro-environmental attitude, than did business

Key concepts: Scale (ratio), Psychology, Mathematics education, Ecology, Geography, Biology, Cartography

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