Advancing integrated STEM learning through engineering design: Sixth-grade students’ design and construction of earthquake resistant buildings

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 255-271

  English, Lyn D ^a   King, Donna ^a   Smeed, Joanna ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; engineering design; problem solving; sixth grade engineering education; STEM integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007241874     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2016.1264053     Document Type: Article

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