Assessing the effectiveness of an introductory engineering course for freshmen

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Mourtos, Nikos J ^a   Furman, Burford J ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULA; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING COURSE; ENGINEERING ETHICS; ENGINEERING FAILURES; ENGINEERING PROFESSION; FRESHMEN;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036949622     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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