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  • The mulch mystery

    Creator:
    Oregon State University. Extension Service, Rao, Sujaya, Russo, Candace Banners, and Castor, Rachel
    Abstract:
    The Rural Science Education Program is a partnership between Oregon State University and rural K–12 schools for enrichment of the science curriculum with hands-on science activities. The curricula include simple, innovative inquiry- and site-based experiments that encourage critical thinking in K–12 students about the impacts of agriculture on the environment...
    Resource Type:
    Technical Report
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    , editors, and contributors Sujaya Rao, editor and director, Rural Science Education Program (associate

  • Children's conceptions of nature as influenced by a residential environmental education program

    Creator:
    Rebar, Bryan M.
    Abstract:
    The majority of research in environmental education (EE) has focused on measuring knowledge, attitudes, and behavior using quantitative tools and methods. Few studies have attempted to elicit and characterize children's conceptions of the environment or nature, particularly those resulting from a residential EE experience, which contextualize knowledge, attitudes, and may...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    such early study Rejeski (1982) employed a methodology similar to the drawing and writing activity

  • Voices from the coast : drawing on family funds of knowledge to build ocean literacy and home school partnerships

    Creator:
    Roebber, Susan Merwin
    Abstract:
    In this qualitative study, ethnographic methods were used to identify parent funds of knowledge related to ocean literacy in a rural, coastal context. Participants included 16 parents of students in the teacher-researcher's third-grade classroom. Interactions between parent-child, parent-parent, and parent and the teacher-researcher were studied in order to determine factors...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    family night, and (3) exploration of the interactions that occurred through study activities