Investigating the long-term impact of an engineering-based GK-12 program on students' perceptions of engineering

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lyons, Jed ^a   Thompson, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b South Carolina Center for Engineering and Computing Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CAREER INTERESTS; SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM); SCIENTISTS; TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029025666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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