Assessing engineering teaching kits for middle school students

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 689-709

  Richards, Larry G ^a,d   Flaherty, Jesseca ^b   Cunningham, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Charlottesville High School   (United States)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR TREATMENT; ENGINEERING TEACHING KITS (ETK); SOLAR CAR; UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (UVA);

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ENERGY RESOURCES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECTILES; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TUMORS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 5444229143     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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