Engineers in elementary classrooms: Perceptions of learning to solve technological problems

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-118

  Rowell, Patricia M ^a   Gustafson, Brenda J ^a   Guilbert, Sandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 18544365901     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0263514990170109     Document Type: Article

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