Fagan, T. J., & Holt, G. D. (2011, June), Providing Opportunities for High School Competition Team: U.S. FIRST Robotic Competition Initiative for Home Schooled Students  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--18766

\bibitem{asee_peer_18766}
  Fagan, T. J., \& Holt, G. D. (2011, June), \emph{Providing Opportunities for High School Competition Team: U.S. FIRST Robotic Competition Initiative for Home Schooled Students}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--18766

Terence J. Fagan and Gerald D. Holt.  "Providing Opportunities for High School Competition Team: U.S. FIRST Robotic Competition Initiative for Home Schooled Students".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/18766 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_18766}
  Terence J. Fagan and Gerald D. Holt.
  "Providing Opportunities for High School Competition Team: U.S. FIRST Robotic Competition Initiative for Home Schooled Students".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/18766 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

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