Johnson, G. R. (2011, June),  Building a Transformative Class for Freshman STEM Students to Think and Act Like Creative, Thoughtful Future Scientists  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17279

\bibitem{asee_peer_17279}
  Johnson, G. R. (2011, June), \emph{ Building a Transformative Class for Freshman STEM Students to Think and Act Like Creative, Thoughtful Future Scientists}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--17279

George Roesch Johnson.  " Building a Transformative Class for Freshman STEM Students to Think and Act Like Creative, Thoughtful Future Scientists".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/17279 Internet.  04 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_17279}
  George Roesch Johnson.
  " Building a Transformative Class for Freshman STEM Students to Think and Act Like Creative, Thoughtful Future Scientists".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/17279 Internet.  04 Dec, 2024

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