Teaching Students to Make Better Decisions About the Environment: Lessons From the Decision Sciences

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-44

  Arvai, Joseph L ^a   Campbell, Victoria E A ^b   Baird, Anne ^a   Rivers, Louie ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Community Education and Workforce Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Decision making; Environmental education (EE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010763758     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.36.1.33-44     Document Type: Article

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