Identification of factors that lead to perceived learning improvements for female students

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-36

  Mbarika, Victor W ^a   Sankar, Chetan S ^b   Raju, P K ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Engineering; Gender; Learning; Multimedia; Process

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CASE STUDY; FEMALE STUDENTS; GENDER; MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0037303789     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2002.804407     Document Type: Article

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