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Bridging the nature gap: can citizen science reverse the extinction of experience? by Schuttler, Stephanie G, Sorensen, Amanda E, Jordan, Rebecca C, Cooper, Caren, Shwartz, Assaf

“…Opportunities for people to interact with nature have declined over the past century, as many now live in urban areas and spend much of their time indoors…”
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Participatory Modeling in Support of Citizen Science Research by Rebecca C. Jordan, Amanda E. Sorensen, Steven A. Gray

“…Stakeholder engagement and participation is often an essential ingredient for successful environmental conservation and management. Including stakeholders in…”
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Adaptive molecular evolution in the opsin genes of rapidly speciating cichlid species by Spady, Tyrone C, Seehausen, Ole, Loew, Ellis R, Jordan, Rebecca C, Kocher, Thomas D, Carleton, Karen L

“…Cichlid fish inhabit a diverse range of environments that vary in the spectral content of light available for vision. These differences should result in…”
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An Investigation of Links between Environmentally Responsible Behaviors and Built and Natural Features of Landscape in Central New Jersey by Clark, Daniel, Jordan, Rebecca

“…Responses from Central New Jersey residents (n = 290) to nine survey items about pro-environmental behaviors were analyzed for their connection to survey…”
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Key issues and new approaches for evaluating citizen-science learning outcomes by Jordan, Rebecca C, Ballard, Heidi L, Phillips, Tina B

“…Ecologically oriented citizen-science experiences engage the public in learning while facilitating the achievement of robust scientific program goals…”
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Knowledge Gain and Behavioral Change in Citizen-Science Programs by JORDAN, REBECCA C., GRAY, STEVEN A., HOWE, DAVID V., BROOKS, WESLEY R., EHRENFELD, JOAN G.

“…Citizen-science programs are often touted as useful for advancing conservation literacy, scientific knowledge, and increasing scientific-reasoning skills among…”
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Reflecting on Efforts to Design an Inclusive Citizen Science Project in West Baltimore by Sorensen, Amanda E., Jordan, Rebecca C., LaDeau, Shannon L., Biehler, Dawn, Wilson, Sacoby, Pitas, John-Henry, Leisnham, Paul T.

“…Citizen science (CS) has been an increasingly utilized means by which scientists leverage members of the public to increase the amount of data collected and…”
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Effects of alternative framing on the publics perceived importance of environmental conservation by Sorensen, Amanda E., Clark, Daniel, Jordan, Rebecca C.

“…Effective communication of science to the general public is important for numerous reasons, including support for policy, funding, informed public decision…”
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Citizen Science as a Tool for Mosquito Control by Jordan, Rebecca C, Sorensen, Amanda E, Ladeau, Shannon

“…In this paper, we share our findings from a 2-year citizen science program called Mosquito Stoppers. This pest-oriented citizen science project is part of a…”
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Integrating the social sciences to enhance climate literacy by Shwom, Rachael, Isenhour, Cindy, Jordan, Rebecca C, McCright, Aaron M, Robinson, Jennifer Meta

“…The climate literacy movement aspires to help members of the general public understand the global climate system, locate and assess scientifically credible…”
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The effects of educator's level of environmental literacy on their issue identification practices by Hunter, Roberta Howard, Jordan, Rebecca C.

“…Research on environmental literacy in students and adults has often used ratings of high and low to indicate the extent of one's environmental literacy. Such…”
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"I have a little, little, little footprint on the world" and "I'm not political": feelings of low self-efficacy and the effect of identity on environmental behaviour in educators by Hunter, Roberta Howard, Jordan, Rebecca C.

“…Environmental educators in both formal and informal settings work to develop students' environmental literacy, with the goal of developing adult citizens who…”
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Systems thinking tools to address SDG #4 by Jordan, Rebecca C., Gray, Steven A., Sorensen, Amanda E.

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Citizen science and civic ecology: merging paths to stewardship by Jordan, Rebecca C., Sorensen, Amanda E., Biehler, Dawn, Wilson, Sacoby, LaDeau, Shannon

“…Take Back the Block is a community beautification and citizen science program established for West Baltimore, Maryland (MD) residents. Citizen science, given…”
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Balancing broad ideas with context: an evaluation of student accuracy in describing ecosystem processes after a system-level intervention by Jordan, Rebecca C., Brooks, Wesley R., Hmelo-Silver, Cindy, Eberbach, Catherine, Sinha, Suparna

“…Promoting student understanding of ecosystem processes is critical to biological education. Yet, teaching complex life systems can be difficult because systems…”
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Impacts and Implications of Researcher Identity and Academic Practice: Future Directions for Public Engagement and Ecological Research by Sorensen, Amanda E., Jordan, Rebecca C.

“…Citizen science has extensively been reported as a useful tool for scientists gathering large quantities of information (Silvertown et al. 2011; Dickinson et…”
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Promoting systems thinking through perspective taking when using an online modeling tool by Jordan, Rebecca C., Gray, Steven, Boyse-Peacor, Alita, Sorensen, Amanda E., Frantz, Cynthia McPherson, Jauernig, Johanna, Brehm, Paul, Shammin, Md Rumi, Petersen, John

“…Introduction Disagreements between people on different sides of popular issues in STEM are often rooted in differences in “mental models,” which include both…”
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Evaluating the Performance of Volunteers in Mapping Invasive Plants in Public Conservation Lands by Jordan, Rebecca C, Brooks, Wesley R, Howe, David V, Ehrenfeld, Joan G

“…Citizen science programs are touted as useful tools for engaging the public in science and for collecting important data for scientists and resource managers…”
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effect of territory quality on female preference in Metriaclima zebra by Greenberg, Joshua, Jordan, Rebecca C., Sorensen, Amanda E.

“…The cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi are an excellent model group with which to study adaptive radiation and speciation; due to the vast number of individual…”
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Tropical paradox: a multi-scale analysis of the invasion paradox within Miami Rock Ridge tropical hardwood hammocks by Brooks, Wesley R., Lockwood, Julie L., Jordan, Rebecca C.

“…The invasion paradox describes the scale dependence of native-exotic richness relationships (NERRs), where NERRs are negative at neighborhood scales and…”
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