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Water Towers, Pump Houses, and Mountain Streams: Students' Ideas about Watersheds

ABSTRACT The watershed concept is important in many areas of geology and environmental science, and the purpose of this study was to investigate...
Journal of Geoscience Education, 09/01/05 by Shepardson, Daniel P; Harbor, Jon; Wee, Bryan · More from publication
Student ideas: what is an environment?(Research Summary)

ABSTRACT: The author investigated students' ideas about what defines an environment and how these ideas change across grade level and educational...
Journal of Environmental Education, 06/22/05 by Shepardson, Daniel P. · More from publication
Envision: teachers as environmental scientists.(enhancing middle school science teachers' understanding of environmental science)

ABSTRACT: This article provides an overview of the ENVISION program for enhancing middle school science teachers' understanding of environmental...
Journal of Environmental Education, 01/01/03 by Bell, Cheryl; Burgess, Wilella; Harbor, Jon; Klagges, Hope; Leuenberger, Ted; Meyer, Jason; Shepardson, Daniel P. · More from publication
Reforming and assessing undergraduate science instruction using collaborative action-based research teams

Faculty members at Purdue University in the departments of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Chemistry conducted a reform...
School Science and Mathematics, 10/01/02 by Krockover, Gerald H; Shepardson, Daniel P; Adams, Paul E; Eichinger, David; Nakhleh, Mary · More from publication
The impact of a professional development program on teachers' understandings about watersheds, water quality, and stream monitoring.

ABSTRACT: Professional development programs should provide teachers with experiences that develop their knowledge and skills to integrate...
Journal of Environmental Education, 03/22/02 by Cooper, Barbara; Harbor, Jon; McDonald, Jim; Shepardson, Daniel P. · More from publication
nature of student thinking in life science laboratories, The

The nature of student thinking in confirmation and open-inquiry laboratory activities was compared. Student thinking in laboratory activities was...
School Science and Mathematics, 01/01/97 by Shepardson, Daniel P · More from publication

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