High school students' attitudes to and knowledge about engineering

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Hirsch, Linda S ^a   Gibbons, Siobhán J ^a   Kimmel, Howard ^a   Rockland, Ronald ^a   Bloom, Joel ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes to engineering; High school students' attitudes; Knowledge about engineering careers

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE ENGINEERING PROGRAMS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642438224     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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