Scenario assignments as assessment tools for undergraduate engineering education

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-119

  McMartin, Flora ^a   McKenna, Ann ^a   Youssefi, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

SCENARIO ASSIGNMENTS; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0034187230     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/13.848061     Document Type: Article

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