Gender differences in confidence levels, group interactions, and feelings about competition in an introductory robotics course

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Milto, Elissa ^a   Rogers, Chris ^a   Portsmore, Merredith ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Confidence; Engineering; Gender differences; Robotics

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CURRICULA; PERT; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ASSESSMENT; ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; ROBOTIC COURSE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036949436     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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