Attracting STEM talent: Do STEM students prefer traditional or work/life-interaction labs?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  DeFraine, William C ^a   Williams, Wendy M ^a   Ceci, Stephen J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LIFE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; TALENT; TECHNOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCIENCE; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896109186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089801     Document Type: Article

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