The impact of an engineering design curriculum on science reasoning in an Urban setting

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-223

  Silk, Eli M ^a   Schunn, Christian D ^a   Strand Cary, Mari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design for science; Engineering design; Science reasoning; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650869982     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-009-9144-8     Document Type: Article

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