Teaching about Nature in Africa and the United States.

Conkright, T. D.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Teaching about Nature in Africa and the United States.

Conkright, T. D.

School Science and Mathematics, v78 n6 p503-08 Oct 1978, Oct78

Investigates the relationship between students' previous school knowledge about a particular natural phenomenon and the teaching of a science lesson about that phenomenon. A group of 198 secondary school students from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and 21 junior high students from the United States participated. (HM)

Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Educational Research, Instruction, Junior High School Students, Learning, Nature Nurture Controversy, Perception, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Trails

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Africa

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