Engineering identity development among pre-adolescent learners

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 698-716

  Capobianco, Brenda M ^a   French, Brian F ^b   Diefes Dux, Heidi A ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary; Engineering; Identity

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; ELEMENTARY; ENGINEERING CAREERS; IDENTITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERINGS; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INSTRUMENTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RELIABILITY;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 84875309383     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2012.tb01125.x     Document Type: Article

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