Beliefs and expectations about engineering preparation exhibited by high school STEM teachers

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-426

  Nathan, Mitchell J ^a   Tran, Natalie A ^b   Atwood, Amy K ^a   Prevost, Amy ^a   Phelps, L Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

K 12 engineering education; STEM; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; ASSESSMENT PRACTICES; ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES; ENGINEERING INSTRUCTIONS; K-12 ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; TEACHER BELIEFS; TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY;

STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS);

EID: 77958100909     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01071.x     Document Type: Article

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