Enhancing the engineering curriculum through project-based learning

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Hadim, Hamid A ^a   Esche, Sven K ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Design projects; Learning methods; Project based learning; Teaching techniques

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

LEARNING METHODS; MACHINE DYNAMICS; PROJECT BASED LEARNING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036957196     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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