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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Ambusaidi, Abdullah; Boyes, Edward; Stanisstreet, Martin; Taylor, Neil – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2012
A 44-item questionnaire was designed to determine students' views about how useful various "specific" actions might be in helping to reduce global warming, their willingness to undertake these various actions and the extent to which these two might be related. The instrument was administered to students in Grades 6 to 12 (N = 1532) from 12 schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Environmental Education, Environmental Standards
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Boyes, Edward; Stanisstreet, Martin; Yeung, Stephen Pui-ming – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2004
This paper examines the knowledge and understanding of Hong Kong secondary school students about the composition of unpolluted and polluted air, and the nature and effects of air pollutants. A number of misconceptions are highlighted, including the common belief amongst younger students that oxygen was more common in unpolluted air than nitrogen.…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Foreign Countries, Pollution, Misconceptions