Impressions of a Middle Grades STEM Integration Program: Educators Share Lessons Learned from the Implementation of a Middle Grades STEM Curriculum Model

Middle School Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-40

  Stohlmann, Micah ^a   Moore, Tamara J ^a   McClelland, J ^a   Roehrig, Gillian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84905170772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23276223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00940771.2011.11461791     Document Type: Article

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