Hondred, P. R., & Crawford, D., & Victor, D. A., & Kessler, M. R. (2013, June), A MATERIALS ENGINEER’S APPROACH TO EXPLAINING SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS IN AN 8TH GRADE CLASSROOM: A CASE STUDY  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19081

\bibitem{asee_peer_19081}
  Hondred, P. R., \& Crawford, D., \& Victor, D. A., \& Kessler, M. R. (2013, June), \emph{A MATERIALS ENGINEER’S APPROACH TO EXPLAINING SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS IN AN 8TH GRADE CLASSROOM: A CASE STUDY}
  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--19081

Peter R Hondred, Denise Crawford, Debbie Ann Victor, and Michael R. Kessler.  "A MATERIALS ENGINEER’S APPROACH TO EXPLAINING SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS IN AN 8TH GRADE CLASSROOM: A CASE STUDY".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://peer.asee.org/19081 Internet.  17 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_19081}
  Peter R Hondred, Denise Crawford, Debbie Ann Victor, and Michael R. Kessler.
  "A MATERIALS ENGINEER’S APPROACH TO EXPLAINING SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS IN AN 8TH GRADE CLASSROOM: A CASE STUDY".
  \emph{2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2013.
  https://peer.asee.org/19081 Internet.  17 May, 2024

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