convenient sample, 69

cooperative learning, 23, 55

Cronbach's alpha, 138

crop planting, xviii

cultural

experience, 3

and linguistic diversity, xv

mutation, 1

studies, xvi

culturally sensitive curricula, 36

curriculum

in context, 30

developers, 10, 146

game model, 25

mapping, 52–55

data-processing questions, 57, 62–63, 88, 106, 110, 112, 136–137

data triangulation, xxv, 64

decontextualized science, xxii, 40

deductive process, 65

deductive-nomological, 6

deficit model, 39–40

demographics, 4, 48, 50, 69

dependability audit, 69

descriptive analysis, 64

didactic styles, 23

differential statistical regression, 61

district-adopted textbook, xxiv, 52, 76–77, 88, 101, 106, 114–115, 121, 124, 140, 143

dominant culture, 5

Earth and Space Science, 74

Earth's Waters, xiii, 52–56, 110, 115, 118

ecological sustainable focus, xvi, 196

Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC), 37, 196

egalitarian, 5

empirical, xxii, 10–11, 136

empiricist, 27

energy, 7, 53, 200–201

environmental dimensions, 7

environmental science, xvi, 190

epistemological, xvii, 29, 41, 44, 149, 196

equity issues, 19, 39

eurocentric, 11

evolutionary theory, 31, 198

experimental group, xiv, xxiv–xxv, 12, 48–52, 55, 57–58, 60–61, 66–67, 70, 72–73, 75–77, 79–96, 98–108, 111–112, 128, 132, 136–143, 149, 153, 155

Expert Science Teaching Educational Evaluation Model (ESTEEM), ix, xiv, 61, 63, 93–100, 132, 142, 169, 172, 188

feminist, xv, 192, 198

folk

cures, xviii

medicine, xviii

veterinary, xviii

Fry readability level, 61

funds of knowledge, xvi–xviii, 195

gene therapy controversies, 31, 199

generalizability, 69–70

genetic engineering, 31, 199

global warming, 31

GPA scores, 73

hegemonic, 39

herbal knowledge, xviii