Using LEGOs to interest high school students and improve K12 stem education

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages F3A6-F3A10

  Whitman, Lawrence E ^a   Witherspoon, Tonya L ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

K 12 initiatives; Legos; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; CRASHWORTHINESS; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; MANUFACTURE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INSERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION; INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES; INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY; K-12 INITIATIVES; LEGOS; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84946049972     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2003.1264721     Document Type: Conference Paper

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