The structure of high school academic and pre-engineering curricula: Mathematics

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nathan, Mitchell ^a   Tran, Natalie ^a   Phelps, Allen ^a   Prevost, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; NATIONAL POLICIES; PERKINS; PRE-ENGINEERING; PRE-ENGINEERING CURRICULA; PROCESS STANDARDS;

CURRICULA;

EID: 85029045339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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