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Environmental Attitude Shifts as Revealed by Landscape Tastes and Activity Preferences.

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Benayas, J; And Others – Environmentalist, 1987

Reports on a study conducted in Spain in which the environmental preferences of 11 to 14-year-old children were examined using a collection of photographs. Results include the indication that the environmental attitudes of children attending a 15-day nature camp changed noticeably in at least five different aspects. (TW)

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences

Cognitive Learning in the Out-of-doors. A Thesis in Recreation and Parks.

Kaplan, Jay Bernard – 1974

Fifth and sixth grade students from the State College Area School District (Pennsylvania) participated in a 5-day resident outdoor education program to investigate the effectiveness of such a program on the development of cognitive learning processes. Students were divided into experimental and control groups of one fifth and one sixth grade class…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Data Analysis