The effect of an interdisciplinary garden program on the environmental attitudes of elementary school students

HortTechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-583

  Skelly, Sonja M ^a   Zajicek, Jayne M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Children; Environmental education; Gardening; Outdoor activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031721393     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.8.4.579     Document Type: Article

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