High school students' knowledge, attitudes, and levels of enjoyment of an environmental education unit on nonnative plants

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-25

  DiEnno, Cant Marie ^a   Hilton, Sunita C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Constructivist learning theory; Environmental education (EE); Environmental knowledge; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144455931     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.37.1.13-26     Document Type: Article

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