Sixth-Grade Students' Views of the Nature of Engineering and Images of Engineers

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-135

  Karatas, Faik O ^a   Micklos, Amy ^b   Bodner, George M ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

6th Grade students; Engineering design; Engineers at work drawings; Middle school students; Phenomenography; The nature of engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953052810     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-010-9239-2     Document Type: Article

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