Making a difference for minorities: Evaluation of an educational enrichment program

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 861-881

  Barlow, Amy E L ^a   Villarejo, Merna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS PROGRAM (BUSP); LOGISTIC REGRESSION; WORKSHOPS;

BIOLOGY; CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SURVEYING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 9744253077     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20029     Document Type: Article

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