What good is a scientist in the classroom? Participant outcomes and program design features for a short-duration science outreach intervention in K-12 classrooms

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-64

  Laursen, Sandra ^a   Liston, Carrie ^a   Thiry, Heather ^a   Graf, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SCHOOL; SCIENCE; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FACULTY; FEES AND CHARGES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; SCHOOLS; SCIENCE; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 33847681321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.06-05-0165     Document Type: Article

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