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Title: Towards the STEM DBER Alliance: Why We Need a Discipline-Based STEM Education Research Community: Towards the STEM DBER Alliance
Award ID(s):
1524832
PAR ID:
10186077
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Engineering Education
Volume:
106
Issue:
3
ISSN:
1069-4730
Page Range / eLocation ID:
349 to 355
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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