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Engineers in the Classroom: Their Influence on African-American Students' Perceptions of Engineering
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Direct linkThompson, Stephen; Lyons, Jed – School Science and Mathematics, 2008
A Draw an Engineer Test was used to capture the perceptions of engineering held by two similar groups of 6th grade African-American students. Forty-four students who had graduate level engineers in their classrooms during a prior school year as part of a GK-12 project were matched to 44 students who had not. Matching criteria included race,…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Student Attitudes, Scoring, Engineering
