4-H participation and science interest in youth

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
2012
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Journal
Journal of Extension
Volume
50
Issue
2
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Abstract

The study investigated the impacts of participation in 4-H on youhg people's interest and participation in science. Survey data were colleced from ethnically related samples of elementary and high school aged youth in California. Results indicated that elementary grade 4-H members were not more interested in science than other youth, but by high school, 4-H is associated with a greater number of science classes.

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