Long-term effects of a middle school engineering outreach program for girls: A controlled study

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hubelbank, Jeanne ^a,b   Demetry, Chrysanthe ^c,d   Nicholson, Shelley Errington ^c   Blaisdell, Stephanie ^d   Quinn, Paula ^e   Rosenthal, Elissa ^d   Sontgerath, Suzanne ^d  

^a WPI Evaluation Consulting

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LONG-TERM EFFECTS; OUTREACH PROGRAM; TWO-WEEK CAMP REACH ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029023766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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