Eurasia Review: A North Carolina State University study of middle school science classes explored whether teachers` beliefs about climate change influenced students` perceptions.
"The answer is yes and no," said Kathryn Stevenson, an assistant professor in NC State`s College of Natural Resources and lead author of a paper describing the study, published in PLOS ONE. "While students generally mirror a teacher`s belief that global warming is happening, when it comes to the cause of climate change, students reason...