Science learning experience involving adults and their preadolescent and adolescent children

Gennaro, Eugene D.; Bullock, Ann Adams; Alden, Ada

doi:10.1002/sce.3730640304

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“…1). One lesson from the survey is that as NN expands its outreach to families it would be worthwhile to examine the value of shared learning between parents and children for both improving science literacy and increasing communication in the home (e.g., Gennaro et al 1980).…”

Section: Participants In Neighborhood Nestwatchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Neighborhood Nestwatch Program: Participant Outcomes of a Citizen‐Science Ecological Research Project

Evans¹,

Abrams

Reitsma

et al. 2005

Conservation Biology

302

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Section: Participants In Neighborhood Nestwatchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Neighborhood Nestwatch Program: Participant Outcomes of a Citizen‐Science Ecological Research Project

Evans¹,

Abrams

Reitsma

et al. 2005

Conservation Biology

302

258

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“…Selection of courses was based on responses received from 240 families interested in parent-child courses to a questionnaire distributed by science teachers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area listing topics that were not typically a part of the school curriculum (Gennaro, 1982).…”

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confidence: 99%

A naturalistic study of children and their parents in family learning courses in science

1985

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During the 1960s and 1970s a number of family learning projects evolved, most of which focused on pre-schoolers and their parents. The goal of some of these programs was to provide enjoyable, structured experiences in which parents and their children learned together. Recently, a number of institutions have been sponsoring enrichment science classes or learning experiences for parents and older children. The study described here is based on a project funded by the National Science Foundation (DISE No. 07872) which was attempting to show that it was possible to increase scientific literacy of two different age groups by simultaneously exposing parents and their middle school children to short courses in science. The project is an outgrowth of a study previously r e p o d (Gennaro, Bullock, Br Alden, 1980) carried out at the Minnesota Zoological Gardens. The study is based on data obtained during the first two years of the project and used various data gathering pmedure.~ such as the use of questionnaires, interviews, observations, and cognitive testing. It was found that children register for the courses primarily because of interest in the subject matter of the courses and that parents register because of their desire to n u t u x the child and the child's interest in the subject matter of the course. Both parents and children made significant gains in learning as measured by subject matter tests. Participants reported that the experience was both enjoyable and valuable. Children's attitudes toward their parents and the course were sigpificantly higher if the children perceived a highly cooperative learning environment with their parents. Parents who scored in the medium or high range on the pretest had significantly more interactions with their children concerning information about course tasks than those who scored low on the pretest.

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“…Leichter, 1974Leichter, , 1978Fey, 1977;Katz, 1978). We can also find several reports which indicate positive effects of leaming with family members on science learning (Gennaro et al, 1980;Ostlund et al, 1985;Gennaro et al, 1986). The framework of &dquo;family as an educational setting for STS&dquo; holds promise.…”

Section: The Family As An Educational Setting For Stsmentioning

confidence: 65%

Family-Based STS Education: a New Approach

Ogawa

1989

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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Science learning experience involving adults and their preadolescent and adolescent children

Cited by 7 publications

References 2 publications

The Neighborhood Nestwatch Program: Participant Outcomes of a Citizen‐Science Ecological Research Project

The Neighborhood Nestwatch Program: Participant Outcomes of a Citizen‐Science Ecological Research Project

A naturalistic study of children and their parents in family learning courses in science

Family-Based STS Education: a New Approach

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