A Sociocultural Analysis of Latino High School Students' Funds of Knowledge and Implications for Culturally Responsive Engineering Education
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A Sociocultural Analysis of Latino High School Students’ Funds of Knowledge and Implications for Culturally Responsive Engineering Education
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