What is an engineer? Implications of elementary school student conceptions for engineering education

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 304-328

  Capobianco, Brenda M ^a   Diefes Dux, Heidi A ^a   Mena, Irene ^a   Weller, Jessica ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary; Engineer; Student conceptions

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; ELEMENTARY; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE; NATIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICAL TESTING; STUDENT CONCEPTIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79956089515     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

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