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ERIC Number: EJ447813
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0036-8555
Hook 'Em on Books.
DeCoster, Patricia A.
Science Teacher, v58 n7 p32-35 Oct 1991
Describes a high school biology assignment that had students read a self-selected book where the main character experiences nature and is changed by it. Evaluation was based on journal entries and a formal paper. Seventy percent of the students indicated they greatly enjoyed the assignment. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, Instructional Materials, Journal Writing, Reading Assignments, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Supplementary Reading Materials, Writing Assignments
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Nature; Reading Logs