Sherman, P. J. (2011, June), A Look at STEM Education from the Top Down  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17339

\bibitem{asee_peer_17339}
  Sherman, P. J. (2011, June), \emph{A Look at STEM Education from the Top Down}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--17339

Peter J. Sherman.  "A Look at STEM Education from the Top Down".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/17339 Internet.  06 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_17339}
  Peter J. Sherman.
  "A Look at STEM Education from the Top Down".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/17339 Internet.  06 Jan, 2025

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