Insects as teaching tools in primary and secondary education

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue , 1997, Pages 269-289

  Matthews, Robert W ^a   Flage, Lynda R ^a   Matthews, Janice R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom animals; environmental education; holistic instruction; inquiry learning; science education

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEOPLEA;

EID: 0030891336     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.42.1.269     Document Type: Review

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