Middle school girls' perceptions of engineers before and after a female only summer enrichment program

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hirsch, Linda S ^a   Berliner Heyman, Suzanne ^a   Cano, Rosa ^a   Kimmel, Howard ^a   Carpinelli, John ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward engineering; Female only enrichment programs; Girl's perceptions of engineers; Knowledge of engineering careers

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HIGH SCHOOL; KNOWLEDGE OF ENGINEERING CAREERS; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; NEW JERSEY; PRE-COLLEGE; SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY , ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS; SUMMER PROGRAM;

ENGINEERS; INNOVATION; SOFTWARE TESTING; STUDENTS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84858252961     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2011.6142990     Document Type: Conference Paper

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