Reflections on Broadening Participation in STEM: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Know? Where Do We Go From Here?

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 719-726

  Leggon, Cheryl B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

broadening participation; evaluation; interventions; policies; STEM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047367290     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764218768866     Document Type: Article

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