Engineering Systems Thinking: A Multifunctional Definition

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 361-379

  Frank, Moti ^a   Waks, Shlomo ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Curriculum design; Engineering education; Engineering systems thinking; Facet; Multifunctional definition; Science teaching; Systemic view; Systems thinking; Systems thinking capability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035588833     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011363516269     Document Type: Article

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