Draw an Engineer Test (DAET): Development of a tool to investigate students' ideas about engineers and engineering

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 4079-4089

  Knight, Meredith ^a   Cunningham, Christine ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Museum of Science   (United States)

^c Tufts Eng Next Step GK 12 Program

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAW A ENGINEER TEST (DAET); ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS;

CURRICULA; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 5444242134     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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