Analysis of K-12 engineering education curricula in the United States - A preliminary report

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Welty, Kenneth ^a   Katehi, Linda ^b,c,d   Pearson, Greg ^c   Feder, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA;

ENGINEERING CONCEPTS; K-12 ENGINEERING; K-12 ENGINEERING EDUCATION; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85081503552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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