The Effects of Combined Advance Organizers and Field Experience on Environmental Orientations of Elementary School Children.

Gross, Michael P.; Pizzini, Edward L.

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ERIC Number: EJ205437

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979-Jul

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The Effects of Combined Advance Organizers and Field Experience on Environmental Orientations of Elementary School Children.

Gross, Michael P.; Pizzini, Edward L.

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v16 n4 p325-31 Jul 1979

Investigates whether an environmental program including an advance organizer component and a field experience results in an observable change in the environmental orientations of fifth- and sixth-grade students. Results show positive change. (HM)

Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Change Strategies, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education, Field Experience Programs, Learning, Learning Theories, Natural Resources, Orientation, Research, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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