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Peer reviewedWylie, Judith; Sheehy, Noel; McGuinness, Carol; Orchard, Gerry – Environmental Education Research, 1998
Uses a methodology for probing systems-thinking developed and used to investigate the way children (N=35) think about the natural environment. Findings suggest that eight-year-old children are capable of this type of thinking. (DDR)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Elementary Education
