Thinking inside the box: Self-efficacy of women in engineering

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4 SPEC., 2002, Pages 438-446

  Shull, Peter J ^a   Weiner, Michael ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY;

CURRICULA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036431739     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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