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Weiland, Ingrid; Sheffield, Caroline – Science and Children, 2013
The authors open this article with a description of an incident that happened in 1992, when 28,800 rubber bath toys (i.e., ducks, frogs, turtles, and beavers) fell off a cargo ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In 2009, these rubber bath toys were still washing ashore on beaches all around the world. This science instruction can be used with…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Critical Thinking, Scientific Concepts, Environmental Education
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Lahey, Benjamin B.; D'Onofrio, Brian M.; Waldman, Irwin D. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Epidemiology uses strong sampling methods and study designs to test refutable hypotheses regarding the causes of important health, mental health, and social outcomes. Epidemiologic methods are increasingly being used to move developmental psychopathology from studies that catalogue correlates of child and adolescent mental health to designs that…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Psychopathology, Epidemiology