Green Action Through Education: A Model for Fostering Positive Attitudes About STEM

by: Ethel R. Wheland, William J. Donovan, J. Thomas Dukes, Helen K. Qammar, Gregory A. Smith, and Bonnie L. Williams

This article describes an innovative collaboration between instructors of non-STEM courses and scientists who teach STEM courses in the GATE (Green Action Through Education) learning community.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2013Stock # jcst13_042_03_46Volume 042Issue 03

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