Effects of an after school engineering mentoring program on middle school girls' perceptions of engineers

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-20

  Hammack, Rebekah ^a   High, Karen ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

After school; Draw an engineer; Engineering; Gender; Middle school; Student attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897819591     PISSN: 10728325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2014006726     Document Type: Article

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