Getting them early: Teaching engineering design in middle schools

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 874-883

  Richards, Larry G ^a   Hallock, Ashley K ^a   Schnittka, Christine G ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering design; Engineering teaching kits; K 12 engineering education; Middle school science and maths; Pre college outreach

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349008687     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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