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Using Design-Based Research to Develop the Learning Outcomes of a Curriculum-Based Environmental Citizen Science Project

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Volume 9 (2024): Issue 1
By: Wendy Simms,  Elizabeth DeMattia,  Jane Watson,  Erin McClelland,  Elaine Parker and  Sarah Dudas  
Open Access
|Aug 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.730 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
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Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 14, 2024
Accepted on: Jul 24, 2024
Published on: Aug 28, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
elementary,
school science,
science inquiry skills,
nature of science,
science identities,
design-based research,
STSPs

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