Bakrania, S., & Bhatia, K. K., & Jahan, K. (2014, June), A Standards-Based Tool for Middle School Teachers to Engage Students in STEM Fields  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--19997

\bibitem{asee_peer_19997}
  Bakrania, S., \& Bhatia, K. K., \& Jahan, K. (2014, June), \emph{A Standards-Based Tool for Middle School Teachers to Engage Students in STEM Fields}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--19997

Smitesh Bakrania, Krishan Kumar Bhatia, and Kauser Jahan.  "A Standards-Based Tool for Middle School Teachers to Engage Students in STEM Fields".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/19997 Internet.  05 May, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_19997}
  Smitesh Bakrania, Krishan Kumar Bhatia, and Kauser Jahan.
  "A Standards-Based Tool for Middle School Teachers to Engage Students in STEM Fields".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/19997 Internet.  05 May, 2025

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