...Carrie N. Wells; Melissa Hatley; Jane Walsh Ecological illiteracy exists, in part, because students may be technologically advanced but often lack intellectual curiosity about their natural environment. Botanical illiteracy, often referred to as “plant blindness,” results from several interacting...

...Shawn E. Krosnick; Julie C. Baker; Kelly R. Moore “Plant blindness” is defined as the failure to appreciate the fundamental importance of plants. To address this phenomenon, we created the Pet Plant Project (P 3 ) where students grow an unknown plant from seed, monitor development, and relate...

... for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2016 Botany plant science microscopy observation plant blindness Plants provide the foundation for terrestrial life...

... investigated the effectiveness of an instructional approach based on integration of botany with chemistry and art for increasing students’ awareness of plants. The study was carried out in a science summer school for 10- to 12-year-old students (n = 25). A plant awareness questionnaire and a plant blindness...