Hands-on summer camp to attract K-12 students to engineering fields

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-151

  Yilmaz, Muhittin ^a   Ren, Jianhong ^b   Custer, Sheryl ^b   Coleman, Joyce ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University Kingsville   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; Hands on; High school; Outreach; STEM fields; Summer camp

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PROGRAM; CAREER OPTIONS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; ENGINEERING FIELDS; ENGINEERING OUTREACH; ENGINEERING PROFESSION; ENGINEERING PROJECT; FINANCIAL AIDS; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; OUTREACH; SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY , ENGINEERING , AND MATHS; STEM FIELDS; STUDENTS' SATISFACTION; SUMMER CAMP; SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING;

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; CURRICULA; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 76449102578     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2009.2026366     Document Type: Article

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