Exploring Young Children’s Understanding About the Concept of Volume Through Engineering Design in a STEM Activity: A Case Study

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 275-294

  Park, Do Yong ^a   Park, Mi Hwa ^b   Bates, Alan B ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering design; Engineering education; STEM; Volume; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994201635     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-016-9776-0     Document Type: Article

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