Schnittka, C., & Turner, G. E., & Colvin, R. W., & Ewald, M. L. (2014, June), A State-wide Professional Development Program in Engineering with Science and Math Teachers in Alabama: Fostering Conceptual Understandings of STEM   Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--19998

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  Schnittka, C., \& Turner, G. E., \& Colvin, R. W., \& Ewald, M. L. (2014, June), \emph{A State-wide Professional Development Program in Engineering with Science and Math Teachers in Alabama: Fostering Conceptual Understandings of STEM }
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--19998

Christine Schnittka, George Edward Turner Jr., Randall William Colvin, and Mary Lou Ewald.  "A State-wide Professional Development Program in Engineering with Science and Math Teachers in Alabama: Fostering Conceptual Understandings of STEM ".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/19998 Internet.  19 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_19998}
  Christine Schnittka, George Edward Turner Jr., Randall William Colvin, and Mary Lou Ewald.
  "A State-wide Professional Development Program in Engineering with Science and Math Teachers in Alabama: Fostering Conceptual Understandings of STEM ".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/19998 Internet.  19 Apr, 2024

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