Using talking and drawing to design: Elementary children collaborating with university industrial design students

Journal of Technology Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-34

  Gustafson, Brenda ^a   MacDonald, Dougal ^a   Gentilini, Shannon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Edmonton Public Schools

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EID: 50149120723     PISSN: 10451064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21061/jte.v19i1.a.2     Document Type: Article

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