Generation NXT: Building young engineers with LEGOs

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-87

  Karp, Tanja ^a   Gale, Richard ^a   Lowe, Laura A ^b   Medina, Vickie ^c   Beutlich, Eric ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Trust Point Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering outreach; Informal K 12 education; LEGO mindstorms NXT; Robotics outreach; Undergraduate retention

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; ENGINEERING OUTREACH; JOB OPPORTUNITIES; K-12 EDUCATION; KEY SUCCESS FACTORS; LEGO MINDSTORMS; LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT; OUTREACH PROGRAMS; RETENTION RATE; YOUNG ENGINEER;

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 76449119375     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2009.2024410     Document Type: Article

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