Engaging youth with STEM professionals in afterschool programs

Meridian

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Koch, Melissa ^a   Georges, Annie ^a   Gorges, Torie ^a   Fujii, Reina ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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