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This paper explores the relationship between students' perceptions of the type of teaching they experience in mathematics [more or less student centred] and their reported emotions, self-concept and disposition. It also addresses the question of whether there are differences in this relationship for girls and boys. It uses survey data from almost 300 year 7 Chilean students, clustered in 8 different classrooms. A correlational analysis suggests that there is a positive significant association between how student centred the teaching is perceived to be and students' more positive attitudes. Nevertheless, this effect was independent of sex, suggesting that more student-centred teching do not necessarily offer an advantage for girls, but are positive for both, boys and girls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This experiment analysed the effect that deliberative thinking involved in the processing of relevant information had on the conviction of the participants in their doping-related attitudes. Participants were football coaches who received a written proposal (i.e., a persuasive message) against (or in favour of) the legalization of several banned substances and doping behaviours. Moreover, the extent of deliberative thinking (i.e., the elaboration likelihood, high vs. low) was manipulated between participants. Finally, attitudes towards legalization and conviction in those attitudes were assessed as dependent variables. As predicted, results showed attitudes were only affected by the direction of the message (η² = .064). Therefore, coaches who received the message against legalisation showed attitudes which were less favourable than coaches who received the message in favour of legalization. However, as expected, conviction was only in relation to elaboration likelihood (η² = .050). Thus, coaches with a high elaboration likelihood showed more conviction in their attitudes than coaches with a low elaboration likelihood. In this paper, we discuss the importance of conviction in the understanding and the prediction of the impact of attitudes on subsequent thinking and behaviour with respect to doping in coaches and athletes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims at describing the influence of the price and strategies of visual communication based on cultural symbols of ecological brands preferences in the category of cleaning products in the city of Bogota, trying to increase the sustainable consumption of energy at home. For this reason, two steps were followed: a descriptive study to determine the most persuasive price strategy for consumers for an ecological cleaning product. Subsequently, in phase two, a pilot study was conducted using a 2x2x2 factorial design, where the first independent variable was visual communication; the second one was the ecological framing and third one, the price; variable that acted as an element of influence used in each experimental group. The participants were exposed to visual two-dimensional and three-dimensional stimuli, related to pricing strategies. The results show that the way the price is communicated has a high incidence in purchasing preference because consumers are more perceptible to discounts and offers. Another relevant finding was the positioning strategy in green brands, which should generate in consumers a guarantee that it really is a product that provides the environmental care and therefore requires accurate and detailed information on the design, packaging, branding and other product attributes, seeing that ultimately and in advertising terms, visual communication in sustainable consumption also plays an information role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses the beliefs and attitudes towards a trainee PE teacher with a motor disability a. Interviews and a questionnaire were used in a qualitative case study. The results show a positive attitude by the students towards the disabled trainee's teaching. However, half of the students believed that his disability is a handicap in teaching physical activities, especially when presenting exercises. Only two students admitted that their beliefs and attitudes towards his teaching had changed in a positive way after the practicum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]