Changing middle-school students' attitudes and performance regarding engineering with computer-based social models

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-215

  Ashby Plant, E ^a   Baylor, Amy L ^a   Doerr, Celeste E ^a   Rosenberg Kima, Rinat B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; Interface agents; Mathematics; Persuasive technology; Self efficacy; Social model

Indexed keywords

INTERFACE AGENTS; MATHEMATICS; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY; SELF-EFFICACY; SOCIAL MODEL;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

MODELS;

EID: 67349083875     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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