Open source software to enhance the STEM learning environment

Handbook of Research on Education and Technology in a Changing Society

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 569-580

  Dawson, Maurice ^a,b,c   Al Saeed, Imad ^d   Wright, Jorja ^e   Onyegbula, Festus ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA   (Gambia)

^d Colorado Technical University ^*  (United States)

^e FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84945407502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6046-5.ch042     Document Type: Chapter

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