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Studying Science Afterschool

Middle School Students’ Experiences Working with Field Botanists

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Students typically lose interest in science by the time they get to middle school. Research has shown that usually about the time children leave grade five the majority of them perceive science to be a boring subject that requires listening to the teacher lecture about hard-to-understand concepts, using language that has little or no personal relevance (Viebert & Shields, 2003).

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  1. Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick, Canada

    Karen S. Sullenger

  2. Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick, Canada

    Debby Peck

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    Karen S. Sahin

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    R. Steven Turner

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Sullenger, K.S., Peck, D. (2015). Studying Science Afterschool. In: Sahin, K.S., Turner, R.S. (eds) New Ground. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-022-2_14

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