Starting early: Increasing elementary (K-8) student science achievement with retired scientists and engineers

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Wilson, Judith ^a   Krakowsky, Arthur M ^b   Herget, Charles J ^c  

^a San Joaquin County Office of Education   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Herget Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Engineering; K 8 outreach program; Science; Training

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLASSROOM TEACHERS; CONTENT KNOWLEDGE; EDUCATIONAL MODELS; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; K-8 OUTREACH PROGRAM; OUTREACH PROGRAMS; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS; TRAINING COURSE;

BIOGRAPHIES; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 76449121743     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2009.2022546     Document Type: Article

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