First-Year Engineering Students' Portrayal of Engineering in a Proposed Museum Exhibit for Middle School Students

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 304-316

  Mena, Irene B ^a   Diefes Dux, Heidi A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; First year; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858440100     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-011-9325-0     Document Type: Article

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