North texas stem center: An engineers perspective

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Morgan, James ^a   Barroso, Luciana ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING PROFESSION; ENGINEERING PROFESSORS; ENGINEERING PROGRAM; FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING COURSE; HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS; INNOVATIVE TEACHING; INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS;

STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS);

EID: 85081509736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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