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Invisible innovators: how low-income, first-generation students use their funds of knowledge to belong in engineering

Jessica M. SmithLiberal Arts and International Studies, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Juan C. LucenaLiberal Arts and International Studies, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Pages 1-26 | Received 25 Aug 2015, Accepted 19 Jan 2016, Published online: 07 Mar 2016

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