Infusing design into the G7-12 curriculum - Two example cases

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Bergin, D ^a   Lynch, J ^a   Khanna, S K ^a   Nair, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Hands on projects; Motivation; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847696534     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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