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Kopczak, Charles; Kisiel, James F.; Rowe, Shawn – Environmental Education Research, 2015
Research has demonstrated that conversations among museum, aquarium, and zoo visitors can be a clear indication of active learning, engagement, and participation in scientific reasoning. This descriptive study sought to determine the extent of talk about ecology-related topics exhibited by family groups visiting marine touch tanks at four Pacific…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Recreational Facilities, Ecology
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Danish, Joshua A. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
This article reports on a study in which activity theory was used to design, implement, and analyze a 10-week curriculum unit about how honeybees collect nectar with a particular focus on complex systems concepts. Students (n = 42) in a multi-year kindergarten and 1st-grade classroom participated in this study as part of their 10 regular classroom…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Science Curriculum, Entomology, Kindergarten