Delivering core engineering concepts to secondary level students

Journal of Technology Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-64

  Merrill, Chris ^a   Custer, Rodney L ^a   Daugherty, Jenny ^a   Westrick, Martin ^b   Zeng, Yong ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 63849137301     PISSN: 10451064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21061/jte.v20i1.a.4     Document Type: Article

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