Bringing engineering design into high school science classrooms: The heating/cooling unit

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 454-465

  Apedoe, Xornam S ^a   Reynolds, Birdy ^a   Ellefson, Michelle R ^b   Schunn, Christian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design based learning; High school science; Inquiry based learning; Project based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149116970     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-008-9114-6     Document Type: Article

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