School Students' Ideas about Air Pollution: Hindrance or Help for Learning?.

Thornber, Jillian; Stanisstreet, Martin; Boyes, Edward

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ERIC Number: EJ582674

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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School Students' Ideas about Air Pollution: Hindrance or Help for Learning?

Thornber, Jillian; Stanisstreet, Martin; Boyes, Edward

Journal of Science Education and Technology, v8 n1 p67-73 Mar 1999

Uses a free-form questionnaire to explore 10- and 11-year-old students' ideas about the nature of air pollution and its biological and physical effects. Suggests that students hold misconceptions in this area. (DDR)

Descriptors: Air Pollution, Concept Formation, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Misconceptions, Science and Society, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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