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Technology Comprehension - Scaling Making into a National Discipline

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Technology Comprehension - Scaling Making into a National Discipline. / Tuhkala, Ari; Wagner, Marie-Louise; Nielsen, Nick et al.

Proceedings of FabLearn Europe 2018: Conference on Creativity and Making in Education. USA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. p. 72-80.

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Harvard

Tuhkala, A, Wagner, M-L, Nielsen, N , Iversen, OS & Karkkainen , T 2018, Technology Comprehension - Scaling Making into a National Discipline. in Proceedings of FabLearn Europe 2018: Conference on Creativity and Making in Education. Association for Computing Machinery, USA, pp. 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1145/3213818.3213828

APA

Tuhkala, A., Wagner, M-L., Nielsen, N., Iversen, O. S., & Karkkainen , T. (2018). Technology Comprehension - Scaling Making into a National Discipline. In Proceedings of FabLearn Europe 2018: Conference on Creativity and Making in Education (pp. 72-80). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3213818.3213828

CBE

Tuhkala A, Wagner M-L, Nielsen N , Iversen OS, Karkkainen T. 2018. Technology Comprehension - Scaling Making into a National Discipline. In Proceedings of FabLearn Europe 2018: Conference on Creativity and Making in Education. USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1145/3213818.3213828

MLA

Tuhkala, Ari et al. "Technology Comprehension - Scaling Making into a National Discipline". Proceedings of FabLearn Europe 2018: Conference on Creativity and Making in Education. USA: Association for Computing Machinery. 2018, 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1145/3213818.3213828

Vancouver

Tuhkala A, Wagner M-L, Nielsen N , Iversen OS, Karkkainen T. Technology Comprehension - Scaling Making into a National Discipline. In Proceedings of FabLearn Europe 2018: Conference on Creativity and Making in Education. USA: Association for Computing Machinery. 2018. p. 72-80 doi: 10.1145/3213818.3213828

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Tuhkala, Ari ; Wagner, Marie-Louise ; Nielsen, Nick et al. / Technology Comprehension - Scaling Making into a National Discipline. Proceedings of FabLearn Europe 2018: Conference on Creativity and Making in Education. USA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. pp. 72-80

Bibtex

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