A SySTEMic Solution: Elementary teacher preparation in STEM expertise and engineering awareness

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nadelson, Louis ^a   Callahan, Janet ^a,b   Pyke, Pat ^a   Hay, Anne ^a,c   Schrader, Cheryl ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Materials Science and Engineering Department

^c Boise State University funded ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; ELEMENTARY TEACHERS; INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY; TEACHER PREPARATION;

STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS);

EID: 85029033222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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