Engineering Competitions in the Middle School Classroom: Key Elements in Developing Effective Design Challenges

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-327

  Sadler, Philip M ^a   Coyle, Harold P ^b   Schwartz, Marc ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034422269     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327809JLS0903_3     Document Type: Article

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