The Effects of Integrated Science, Technology, and Engineering Education on Elementary Students' Knowledge and Identity Development

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 380-391

  Yoon, So Yoon ^a   Dyehouse, Melissa ^b   Lucietto, Anne M ^c   Diefes Dux, Heidi A ^c   Capobianco, Brenda M ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85049503999     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssm.12090     Document Type: Article

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