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MacKeen, Jessica; Wright, Tarah; Séguin, Daniel; Cray, Heather – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
In this study, we use face and content validity to determine whether a modified game-based testing instrument is appropriate and relevant for quantifying preschool children's emotional, cognitive, and attitudinal affinity with nature. Six environmental psychology experts completed a questionnaire and subsequent interviews with three of them…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Validity, Game Based Learning, Evaluation Methods
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MacKeen, Jessica; Wright, Tarah – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2020
Studies have used psychological games testing to measure children's bioaffinity (a child's love of/for or connection to nature) as a result of time spent in nature enriching children's well-being. Discrepancies found between two studies in different countries (Sweden and Canada) informed this research. Both studies used the same bioaffinity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Environmental Education