Thomas, A., & Hansen, J. B., & Cohn, S. H., & Jensen, B. P. (2011, June), Development and Assessment of an Engineering Course  for In-Service and Pre-Service K-12 Teachers   Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17745

\bibitem{asee_peer_17745}
  Thomas, A., \& Hansen, J. B., \& Cohn, S. H., \& Jensen, B. P. (2011, June), \emph{Development and Assessment of an Engineering Course  for In-Service and Pre-Service K-12 Teachers }
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--17745

AnnMarie Thomas, Jan B Hansen, Sarah H. Cohn, and Brian Phillip Jensen.  "Development and Assessment of an Engineering Course  for In-Service and Pre-Service K-12 Teachers ".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/17745 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_17745}
  AnnMarie Thomas, Jan B Hansen, Sarah H. Cohn, and Brian Phillip Jensen.
  "Development and Assessment of an Engineering Course  for In-Service and Pre-Service K-12 Teachers ".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/17745 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

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