Introducing engineering education in the middle school

2009 Research in Engineering Education Symposium, REES 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  English, Lyn D ^a   Dawes, Les ^a   Hudson, Peter ^a   Byers, Terry ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Anglican Church Grammar School   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONTEXT ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING RESOURCES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; SCHOOL SYSTEMS;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84857721356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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