MAD Science: Increasing engagement in STEM education through participatory sensing

UBICOMM 2012 - 6th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 87-96

  Heggen, Scott ^a   Omokaro, Osarieme ^a   Payton, Jamie ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadening participation; Education; Participatory sensing; Public participation in scientific research

Indexed keywords

BROADENING PARTICIPATION; HANDHELD MOBILE DEVICES; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; PARTICIPATORY SENSING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; STUDENTS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84881420331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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