TABLE 1.

Evaluation of the results for the teaching intervention based on situational emotions^a

Situational emotions	Total	Effect of treatmentb				Effect of genderc
		Live animal (EG)	Picture (CG)	t test	p	Males	Females	t test	p
Interest	3.68 ± 0.92	3.62 ± 0.80	3.74 ± 1.04	–0.89	0.38ns	3.64 ± 0.88	3.70 ± 0.95	–0.44	0.66ns
Boredom	1.66 ± 0.73	1.70 ± 0.72	1.61 ± 0.75	–0.78	0.44ns	1.75 ± 0.77	1.60 ± 0.71	1.32	0.19ns
Well-being	4.16 ± 0.78	4.12 ± 0.80	4.20 ± 0.77	–0.70	0.49ns	4.08 ± 0.82	4.20 ± 0.76	–0.96	0.34ns

^aItems were measured on a five-point Likert scale (1 = do not agree at all to 5 = agree totally; theoretical scale mean: 2.5; values above 2.5 indicate agreement). Values are the mean ± SD. Students evaluated the teaching intervention as not boring, and they felt comfortable in class. The t tests revealed no effects of treatment or gender.

^bEG, experimental group, n_EG = 91; CG, control group, n_CG = 89.

^cn_male. = 67, n_female = 113.

^nsp > 0.05.