Students' Ideas About Plants: Results from a National Study

by: Charles R. Barman , Mary Stein, Natalie S. Barman, and Shannan MCNair

Last fall, Science and Children invited kindergarten to grade eight teachers to participate in a study investigating students’ ideas about plants and plant growth (Barman et al. 2002). Two hundred twenty-seven individuals from 16 states in the United States, one U.S. Territory, and one Canadian Province responded to this invitation and contributed data from more than 2,400 students.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2003Stock # sc03_041_01_46Volume 041Issue 01

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