The effects of personality type on engineering student performance and attitudes

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-17

  Felder, Richard M ^a   Felder, Gary N ^b,d   Dietz, E Jacquelin ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lindens Bldg   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; EVALUATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ENGINEERING STUDENTS; GENDER; OPEN-ENDED PROBLEMS; PERSONALITY TYPE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0002535864     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2002.tb00667.x     Document Type: Review

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