K-12 outreach: Identifying the broader impacts of four outreach projects

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-189

  Moskal, Barbara M ^a   Skokan, Catherine ^a   Kosbar, Laura ^b,g   Dean, Agata ^a   Westland, Caron ^c,h   Barker, Heidi ^d   Nguyen, Que N ^e,i   Tafoya, Jennifer ^f  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Solutions Developer Avanade Inc

^f SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^g IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ Avanade Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

K 12 outreach; Middle school; Pre college instruction

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ASSESSMENT EFFORTS; SCHOOL; SCIENCE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34547278602     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2007.tb00928.x     Document Type: Article

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