Determining if Classroom Pets as part of an Empathy-Based Intervention Affect Public Elementary School Students’ Empathy
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine if consistent exposure to classroom pets in public elementary school classrooms affected children’s empathy. The sample included 44 students (females = 22; males = 22; mean age = 8.3 years) from four third-grade classrooms. A pre-test, post-te...
Main Author: | Dunlap, Randa |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
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Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
2020
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Online Access: | https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3796 https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5287&context=etd |
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