The Environmental Impact of Cars: Children's Ideas and Reasoning.

Stanisstreet, Martin; Boyes, Edward

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ERIC Number: EJ556172

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Publication Date: 1997

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The Environmental Impact of Cars: Children's Ideas and Reasoning.

Stanisstreet, Martin; Boyes, Edward

Environmental Education Research, v3 n3 p269-82 Oct 1997

Reports on the results of a questionnaire administered to 14- and 15-year-old students (n=1637) in 25 British schools concerning their views on how car exhaust emissions affect global environmental problems. Children's beliefs discussed include the connection of car exhaust to global warming, the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and the ozone layer. (Author/AIM)

Descriptors: Air Pollution, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Environmental Standards, Foreign Countries, Fuels, Gasoline, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, Misconceptions, Motor Vehicles, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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