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Audrey N. Tomera

Researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Publications -  14
Citations -  3650

Audrey N. Tomera is an academic researcher from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The author has contributed to research in topics: Science education & Environmental education. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 14 publications receiving 3365 citations.

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Analysis and synthesis of research on responsible environmental behavior: A meta-analysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-analysis of environmental behavior research was conducted to determine which variables or variables appear to be most influential in motivating individuals to take responsible environmental action, and the following variables were found to be associated with responsible environmental behavior: knowledge of issues, knowledge of action strategies, locus of control, attitudes, verbal commitment, and an individual's sense of responsibility.
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Selected Predictors of Responsible Environmental Behavior: An Analysis

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relative contribution of eight variables in predicting responsible environmental behavior and found that seven of the variables were statistically significant, including the level of environmental sensitivity, perceived knowledge of environmental action strategies, perceived skill in using environmental actions, psychological sex role classification, individual locus of control and attitude toward pollution.
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The Effects of Environmental Action and Environmental Case Study Instruction on the Overt Environmental Behavior of Eighth-Grade Students

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of environmental action and environmental case study instruction on the Overt Environmental Behavior of Eighth-Grade students were investigated. But, they did not consider the effect of case studies on the overall environmental behavior of students.
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A National Survey of Curriculum Needs as Perceived by Professional Environmental Educators

TL;DR: The Environmental Education Curriculum Needs Assessment Questionnaire (EECNAQ) was developed, validated, and direct-mailed to 169 randomly selected professional environmental educators (586% return rate).
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Effects of Two Residential Environmental Workshops on High School Students.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared high school students' knowledge of and participation in responsible environmental behaviors after participation in a six-day residential environmental education workshop and found that those receiving the issue awareness instruction failed to demonstrate an increase in their level of knowledge of environmental action and did not report participating in a significantly greater number of environmental behaviors.