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    Do Experiences With Nature Promote Learning? Converging Evidence of a Cause-and-Effect Relationship
    with Ming Kuo and Michael Barnes
    Frontiers in Psychology 10. 2019.
    Do experiences with nature –– from wilderness backpacking to plants in a preschool to a wetland lesson on frogs, promote learning? Until recently, claims outstripped evidence on this question. But the field has matured, not only substantiating previously unwarranted claims but deepening our understanding of the cause-and-effect relationship between nature and learning. Hundreds of studies now bear on this question, and converging evidence strongly suggests that experiences of nature boost academ…Read more