Making engineering appealing for girls: Programmes for grades 6-12

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 853-860

  DeBartolo, Elizabeth ^a   Bailey, Margaret ^a  

^a Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; K 12; Outreach; Pre engineering programmes; Retention; Women in engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348965927     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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