Teaching engineering in the middle schools: Virginia middle schools engineering education initiative

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Richards, Larry G ^a   Laufer, Gabriel ^a   Humphrey, Joseph A C ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Engineering teaching kits; K 12 outreach; Science and mathematics education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

COOPERATIVE LEARNING; ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION; ENGINEERING TEACHING KITS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036949319     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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