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ERIC Number: EJ191365
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Teaching about Nature in Africa and the United States.
Conkright, T. D.
School Science and Mathematics, v78 n6 p503-08 Oct 1978, Oct78
Investigates the relationship between students' previous school knowledge about a particular natural phenomenon and the teaching of a science lesson about that phenomenon. A group of 198 secondary school students from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and 21 junior high students from the United States participated. (HM)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Educational Research, Instruction, Junior High School Students, Learning, Nature Nurture Controversy, Perception, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Trails
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Africa