Development of a survey to assess K-12 teachers' perceptions of engineers and familiarity with teaching design, engineering, and technology

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-216

  Yaşar, Şenay ^a   Baker, Dale ^a   Robinson Kurpius, Sharon ^a   Krause, Stephen ^b   Roberts, Chell ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; K 12 education; Pre service teacher preparation

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ASSESSMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; K-12 EDUCATION; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER PREPARATION;

TEACHING;

EID: 33845786959     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2006.tb00893.x     Document Type: Article

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