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Direct linkPierzynski, Gary M.; Vaillant, Grace C. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2006
The cumulative result of almost 100 years of mining, milling, and smelting has left areas of Jasper County, Missouri, contaminated with high levels of the trace metals Pb, Cd, and Zn. The site was listed on the National Priorities List in 1990 and is now known as the Jasper County or Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt Superfund Site. The U.S.…
Descriptors: Ecology, Risk, Environmental Education, Toxicology
Weissman, Julie; Boning, Kenneth J. – Journal of General Education, 2003
Extensive assessment of innovative core courses pointed to five features of the courses that led to students being actively engaged in learning. Faculty teaching the courses created an environment to foster collaborative learning, facilitated student ownership of learning, structured their courses to connect academic ideas with other disciplines…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, General Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Classroom Environment
